Savannah: Brokers, Bankers, and Bay Lane - Inside the Slave Trade
Publisher: Emerald Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Austin, TX
ISBN-13: 9781934572696
Table of contents: title: Savannah: Brokers Bankers and B ay Lane; title: Table of Contents; title: The Civil War Savannah Series ........................................................ ix; title: Acknowledgments .................................................................xiii; title: About Savannah: Brokers, Bankers, and Bay Lane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xv; title: Savannah’s Role in the Slave Trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1; title: 1) Slavery in Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4; title: 2) Thriving Business in a Booming Town ..........................................16; title: The City Takes Its Cut; title: 3) Banks and Slave Brokers Map circa 1860. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32; title: 4) Twilight Zone between Servitude and Freedom .................................37; title: Uneven Economic Cycles; title: 5) Bay Lane: The Heart of Savannah’s Slave–Trading District. . . . . . . . . . .46; title: Broker Business Cards; title: 6) City Market Area and Slave Trading. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69; title: Slave Marts and Negro Yards; title: Brokers at the Bottom of the Food Chain; title: 7) Collateral Beneficiaries: Bankers, Lawyers, Notaries, Doctors, and Others .......91; title: 8) Religion, Slavery, and Public Discourse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106; title: 9) Broker Houses Still Standing in Savannah . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . .120; title: 10) The Day After .................................................................128; title: 11) Tears Flowed. . . . .          . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132; title: 12) Life Incidents Related to Slavery in Savannah (Part 1):. . . . . . . . . . . . .134; title: Processed through Wright’s Yard: Jane and Her Family; title: 13) The Wanderer Trial: Reopening the African Slave Trade. . .  . . . . . . . .141; title: Site Map of Wanderer Trial Events; title: 14) Life Incidents Related to Slavery in Savannah (Part 2). . .  . . . . . . . . . .161; title: The Weeping Time: The Sale of Pierce Butler’s Slaves; title: The Story of Susie King Taylor; title: Anthony Odingsells and Savannah’s Biracial Population; title: 15) Fugitive Slave Act—The Stories of Thomas Sims and William Grimes. . . . . . . . . .180; title: 16) The Incredible Journey of the Slave Patrick Snead . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . .186; title: Epilogue: Manigault’s Epiphany ....................................................203; title: Appendices:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . .206; title: A. In the Footsteps of Slavery; title: B. Sites Related to African Slavery in Savannah Requiring Historic; title: Markers; title: Sources and Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . . . . . . . .211; title: Notes ..............................................................................222; title: Index ..............................................................................241