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1. Declaration of the immediate causes which induce and justify the secession of Georgia from the Feder.

Subjects
*AMERICAN Civil War, 1861-1865, *FEDERAL government, *RESISTANCE to government, *MEXICAN War, 1846-1848, *EXTRADITION, *ACQUISITION of territory, *HISTORY, GEORGIA state history, GEORGIA state politics & government, SECESSION of the Southern United States, SLAVERY in the United States
Abstract

The article presents the text of the State of Georgia's declaration of secession from the Federal Union of the United States, approved January 29, 1861. In stating the reasons for this separation, Georgia cites the United States' acquisition of territory from the victory in the Mexican-American War. The United States Congress decided to prohibit slavery in the new territory, a direct affront to the residents of the South, who had shed blood to win the war and acquire those territories. The declaration also states that Northern states made no effort to turn over persons charged with crimes affecting slave property who had fled to the North, even though the Constitution declares that fleeing criminals ought to be returned to the state in which the crime occurred.

Published
2017

2. Selling Atlanta: Black Mayoral Politics from Protest to Entrepreneurism, 1973 to 1990.

Author

Levy, Jessica Ann

Subjects
*AFRICAN American mayors, *ECONOMIC development, *BUSINESS enterprises, *AMERICAN civil rights movement, *TOURISM, *TWENTIETH century, GEORGIA state politics & government
Abstract

Situated at the intersection between histories of urban politics, civil rights, and the rise of neoliberalism, this article explores the changing dynamics of mayoral politics in Atlanta, Georgia, during the first two decades of black governance. In particular, it charts the efforts of Atlanta’s first two black mayors, Maynard Jackson and Andrew Young, to negotiate the changing economic, political, and social climate of the 1970s and 1980s. Compelled to abandon a pro-labor, community control politics in favor of policies favoring Atlanta’s tourism industry, Atlanta’s mayors worked to craft a new liberal politics that appealed to the city’s diverse electorate, investors, and other outside spectators. In doing so, they relied on and appropriated the city’s civil rights legacy to help them forge new alliances—as well as rebuild old ones—and provided an example for liberal politicians across the country. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2015
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