SAVANNAH, Ga. AP - Needing workers to build roads and improve river transportation in 1829, Georgia lawmakers authorized spending $50,000 to buy a state-owned labor force of 190 ''able bodied'' slaves. The Legislature's foray into government slaveholding, at least on a large scale, proved short lived.
April 09, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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SAVANNAH, Ga. AP – Needing workers to build roads and improve river transportation in 1829, Georgia lawmakers authorized spending $50,000 to buy a state-owned labor force of 190 ”able bodied” slaves.
The Legislature’s foray into government slaveholding, at least on a large scale, proved short lived. By 1834, the state sold its slaves – along with horses, mules, wagons and tools – for $117,464.
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