Georgia’s Baptist governor, Joseph Brown (illustration), continues to systemically take over federal lands and buildings in his state. Today, he orders the state militia to take possession of the United States Mint in Dahlonega. The north Georgia mountain town is the place were gold was first discovered in America. Also today, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln,…
On this Sunday, the first Confederate flag is raised in Georgia, on the courthouse lawn in the town of Preston. According to a historical marker in Preston: Judge David B. Harrell of Webster County, Capt. James Pickett of Red Hill, Dr. Harvis Pickett of Weston, with their companies of soldiers, trained in Preston. Voting for…
The Georgia Secession Convention adopts a new state constitution (to be ratified by voters in July) and then adjourns. Article II, Section VII of the Constitution deals with the issue of slavery: 1. The importation or introduction of negroes from any foreign country, other than the slave-holding States or Territories of the United States of…