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Affidavit of John Davis: Albany, Georgia, 1868 Sept. 26

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Howard, O. H

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Freedman John Davis gives his account of the Camilla Riot and events surrounding it to Freedman's Bureau subassistant commissioner O.H. Howard in this affidavit taken at Howard's office in Albany, Georgia, September 26, 1868. The riot occurred in Camilla, Georgia on Saturday, September 19,1868 when Republicans together with freedmen came to the town to hold a political rally and were met with violent opposition from the townspeople. On September 17, Davis says that he overheard a Dr. Tinsley saying, "I am going to pay out $15.00 to get my men hot with whiskey and gun powder to start the fight when the speaking comes on at Camilla." Davis proceeded with the band into Camilla on that Saturday and witnessed the first shots fired. In a moment, according to Davis' account, the freedmen were in "full flight." Davis saw the white men pursuing on horseback. In the aftermath of the riot, Davis notes that a freedman, Daniel Childs, was killed in his bed by two white men for attending the rally and that another freedman named Wilson was badly beaten for the same reason.Digital image and transcription created by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001 of a photocopy held by DeSoto Trail Regional Library of an original record held by the National Archives.
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Camilla
  3. Davis, John, Fl. 1868
  4. Freedmen
  5. Georgia
  6. Government
  7. History
  8. Mitchell County (Ga.)
  9. Personal Narratives
  10. Political Activity
  11. Political Violence
  12. Politics And Government
  13. Race Relations
  14. Reconstruction
  15. Social Conditions
  16. To 1964
  17. United States
  18. United States. Bureau Of Refugees, Freedmen, And Abandoned Lands
  19. Violence Against

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