Events for November 22, 2010


Civil War 150 Historical Marker Dedication

November 22, 2010

 

Civil War Slave Conspiracy

Monday, November 22, 2010

Dedication at 2pm

Quitman City Hall,

100 W. Screven Street, Quitman, GA


 

In partnership with the Georgia Department of Economic Development, this event is part of a statewide commemoration of the upcoming Civil War 150 anniversary. GHS is conducting a program across the state to unveil new and recently replaced historical markers that explore the stories of Georgia's Civil War history as lived and experienced by all of its people during those tumultuous and transformative years.  For more information on the Civil War 150 marker project, please click here

 

Marker Text

 

Civil War Slave Conspiracy

In August 1864, during the American Civil War, four men were executed in Brooks County, Georgia, for conspiring to plot a slave insurrection. The conspirators–led by a local white man, John Vickery, and three slaves named Nelson, George, and Sam–planned to seize weapons and take control of the town of Quitman, securing it for the U.S. Army in nearby Florida. Local authorities discovered the plot before it could be carried out. All four conspirators were convicted of insurrection and executed on August 22, 1864.  Anti-Confederate activity such as this, along with food riots, draft evasion, and labor unrest, increased during the final year of the war. 


Erected for the Civil War 150 commemoration by the Georgia Historical Society and the Georgia Department of Economic Development 



Please RSVP to Christy Crisp at 912.651.2125 ext.17 or ccrisp@georgiahistory.com.

 

 

 

 
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