| Preface | |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Georgia: The Natural Setting | |
| Colonial Beginnings to 1764 | p. 5 |
| Documents | |
| Guale Game and Ceremony | p. 7 |
| Colonial Charter | p. 8 |
| James Oglethorpe Reports on the Settlement of Georgia | p. 10 |
| Oglethorpe's First Treaty with the Lower Creeks | p. 11 |
| James Oglethorpe on English Ownership of Georgia | p. 12 |
| Antonio de Arredondo on Spanish Ownership of Georgia | p. 14 |
| Proposal Relating to the War in Georgia and Florida | p. 15 |
| Pro Memoria from the Late Trustees of the Colony of Georgia | p. 16 |
| Essays | |
| The Yamassee Revolt of 1597 | p. 17 |
| Frederica in 1742 | p. 20 |
| The Revolutionary Era, 1765-1787 | p. 26 |
| Documents | |
| Stamp Act Crisis | p. 28 |
| Tondee's Tavern Resolutions | p. 29 |
| Rules and Regulations | p. 31 |
| Constitution of 1777 | p. 33 |
| Proposed Union of Georgia and South Carolina | p. 35 |
| Land Grants to Georgia's Revolutionary Soldiers | p. 38 |
| Essays | |
| The British Capture of Savannah | p. 38 |
| Land and Allegiance in Revolutionary Georgia | p. 44 |
| Georgia in the New Nation, 1787-1845 | p. 48 |
| Documents | |
| Ordinance Ratifying the U.S. Constitution | p. 49 |
| Constitution of 1789 | p. 50 |
| Legislative Committee Report on Yazoo Land Fraud | p. 53 |
| Constitution of 1798 | p. 54 |
| Governor to Be Chosen by Popular Vote | p. 57 |
| Request for Removal of Federal Troops from Georgia | p. 58 |
| Nullification Resolves | p. 59 |
| Western and Atlantic Railroad Surveys | p. 61 |
| Essays | |
| The Georgia Gold Rush | p. 63 |
| Political Parties in the Jacksonian Era | p. 66 |
| The Native American Nations | p. 72 |
| Documents | |
| Compact of 1802 | p. 74 |
| Treaty of Fort Jackson | p. 75 |
| An Address to the Whites by Elias Boudinot | p. 76 |
| Constitution of the Cherokee Nation | p. 78 |
| Cherokee Phoenix | p. 80 |
| Georgia Assumes Control over Cherokee Land | p. 81 |
| Worcester v. State of Georgia | p. 82 |
| Treaty of New Echota | p. 84 |
| Essays | |
| Georgia and Muscogee/Creek Treaties | p. 86 |
| The Cherokee Trail of Tears | p. 89 |
| Antebellum Economics | p. 93 |
| Documents | |
| Southern Cultivator | p. 94 |
| Cultivation of Indigo in Georgia? | p. 95 |
| Georgia's Economic Resources | p. 96 |
| Augusta Plantation House | p. 98 |
| General Agricultural Statistics | p. 99 |
| General Industrial Statistics | p. 100 |
| Agriculture in the Confederate States | p. 100 |
| Essays | |
| Rice Culture in Low Country Georgia | p. 101 |
| Cotton Textiles in Georgia, 1810-1865 | p. 104 |
| Slavery and Free African Americans | p. 109 |
| Documents | |
| Law Prohibiting Slavery in Georgia | p. 110 |
| Darien Antislavery Petition, 1739 | p. 111 |
| Law Permitting Slavery in Georgia | p. 112 |
| Emancipating Two Georgia Slaves | p. 113 |
| Population of Slaves and Free African Americans, 1790-1860 | p. 114 |
| The State of Georgia Becomes a Slave Owner | p. 114 |
| Restrictions on Free Persons of Color | p. 115 |
| Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands | p. 116 |
| William and Ellen Craft in Boston | p. 117 |
| Essays | |
| Slavery in Georgia | p. 118 |
| Free African-American Women in Savannah | p. 122 |
| The Civil War Era, 1845-1865 | p. 127 |
| Documents | |
| Georgia Platform | p. 130 |
| Robert Toombs on the Sectional Conflict and Secession | p. 131 |
| Alexander H. Stephens on the Sectional Conflict and Secession | p. 132 |
| Ordinance of Secession | p. 134 |
| Alexander H. Stephens's Cornerstone Speech | p. 134 |
| Constitution of 1861 | p. 135 |
| Two Views of Class Voting Patterns | p. 138 |
| Indictment of Henry Wirz | p. 140 |
| Essays | |
| The Georgia Homefront during the Civil War | p. 141 |
| Wilson's Raid through Georgia | p. 145 |
| Women in Georgia | p. 150 |
| Documents | |
| Mary Muscrove Bosomworth's Land Acquisition | p. 152 |
| Women's Riots during the Civil War | p. 153 |
| Activities of the Georgia WCTU | p. 154 |
| Farmers Wives and Their Needs | p. 155 |
| An Open Letter for Woman Suffrage | p. 156 |
| Women's Suffrage Bill | p. 157 |
| Rebecca L. Felton's Senate Speech | p. 158 |
| Eleanor Roosevelt Visits and Speaks at Georgia State Woman's College | p. 159 |
| Women to Serve as Jurors | p. 161 |
| Essays | |
| Land Grants to Georgia Women, 1755-1775 | p. 162 |
| The Last Phase of the Woman Suffrage Movement in Georgia | p. 166 |
| Reconstruction, 1865-1871 | p. 171 |
| Documents | |
| Sherman's Special Field Orders, No. 15 | p. 173 |
| Constitution of 1865 | p. 175 |
| Constitution of 1868 | p. 177 |
| Black Legislators Protest Their Expulsion from General Assembly | p. 181 |
| Colonel O. H. Howard Reports on the Camilla Massacre | p. 183 |
| Reconstruction Ended in Georgia | |
| John B. Gordon Testifies on the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia | p. 185 |
| Essays | |
| Sherman's Reservation in Georgia | p. 187 |
| Black Politicians in Reconstruction Georgia | p. 190 |
| Postwar Politics and Economics, 1865-1890 | p. 194 |
| Documents | |
| Sample Tenant Farmer Contract | p. 196 |
| Crop Lien Law | p. 197 |
| Convict-Lease System Established | p. 198 |
| Henry Grady's "New South" | p. 198 |
| Creation of the Georgia Department of Agriculture | p. 199 |
| Constitution of 1877 | p. 201 |
| 1880 Resignation-Appointment Controversy | p. 204 |
| General Agricultural Statistics | p. 205 |
| General Industrial Statistics | p. 205 |
| Essays | |
| The New Departure Democrats in Georgia | p. 206 |
| The Farmers' Alliance in Georgia | p. 210 |
| Jim Crow Georgia, 1890-1920 | p. 215 |
| Documents | |
| Atlanta Compromise Speech | p. 216 |
| White Primary | p. 218 |
| The Georgia Equal Rights Convention, 1906 | p. 218 |
| Atlanta Race Riot | p. 219 |
| Disfranchisement Legislation | p. 221 |
| A Lynching Rampage in South Georgia | p. 222 |
| A Statement from Governor Hugh M. Dorsey as to the Negro in Georgia | p. 223 |
| Essays | |
| Black Georgia in the Progressive Era | p. 225 |
| The Geography of Lynching in Georgia, 1880-1930 | p. 228 |
| The Progressive Era, 1890-1920 | p. 235 |
| Documents | |
| Tom Watson Urges a Boycott on Jute | p. 236 |
| Georgia's People's Party Platform in 1892 | p. 238 |
| Banning Football in Georgia? | p. 239 |
| Charles Herty Describes His Cup and Gutter System of Turpentine Collection | p. 240 |
| Commutation of Leo Frank's Sentence | p. 241 |
| U.S. v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca Cola | p. 242 |
| Neill Primary Act | p. 244 |
| Essays | |
| The Populist Party in Georgia | p. 245 |
| Governor Hoke Smith's Reform Program | p. 249 |
| Depression and New Deal Era, 1920-1939 | p. 254 |
| Documents | |
| Cotton Production during the Flight of the Boll Weevil | p. 256 |
| How to Grow Cotton in Spite of the Boll Weevil | p. 257 |
| Governor Clifford Walker Addresses Ku Klux Klan | p. 258 |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt's Visits to Warm Springs | p. 258 |
| Governor Richard Russell Address to Reorganization Committee | p. 260 |
| "Keeping the Lick" on the Georgia Chain Gang | p. 261 |
| The Three Dollar Tag Song | p. 262 |
| Martial Law Declaration | p. 262 |
| Emergency Appropriations Action | p. 264 |
| New Deal Relief Assistance to Georgia | p. 265 |
| Rural Electrification in Georgia | p. 266 |
| Essays | |
| Georgia Faces the Great Depression | p. 267 |
| Governor Eugene Talmadge vs. President Roosevelt and the New Deal | p. 270 |
| The World War II Era, 1939-1945 | p. 275 |
| Documents | |
| Emergency Wartime Measures | p. 276 |
| State University System Controversy | p. 277 |
| A German Prisoner of War Recalls His Time at Camp Fargo | p. 279 |
| State of Georgia v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company | p. 281 |
| Constitution of 1945 | p. 282 |
| President Roosevelt Dies at Home in Warm Springs | p. 287 |
| Thompson, Lieutenant Governor v. Talmadge | p. 288 |
| Essays | |
| Governor Ellis Arnall's Reform Program | p. 289 |
| WAVES at Georgia State College for Women | p. 293 |
| The Civil Rights Era | p. 296 |
| Documents | |
| Poll Tax Repealed | p. 298 |
| King v. Chapman | p. 299 |
| 1949 Literacy Test | p. 300 |
| Valdosta NAACP's Petition to Integrate Schools | p. 301 |
| Interposition Resolution | p. 302 |
| Sibley Commission Report | p. 303 |
| Holmes v. Danner | p. 305 |
| Letter from an Albany Jail | p. 307 |
| Senator Richard Russell on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 | p. 309 |
| Essays | |
| The Struggle for Racial Equality in Georgia | p. 311 |
| The Albany Movement | p. 315 |
| Modern Georgia | p. 321 |
| Documents | |
| Gray v. Sanders | p. 323 |
| Governor Jimmy Carter's Inaugural Address | p. 325 |
| Constitution of 1983 | p. 326 |
| Atlanta to Host 1996 Olympic Games | p. 330 |
| Governor Zell Miller on the State Flag | p. 332 |
| Georgia Elects Republican Governor in 2002 | p. 333 |
| Agricultural Statistics, 2002 | p. 334 |
| Manufacturing Statistics, 2002 | p. 334 |
| Georgia and BRAC 2005 | p. 335 |
| Essays | |
| Georgia Republicans and the Election of 1966 | p. 336 |
| Governor Zell Miller, the Lottery, and HOPE | p. 340 |
| Appendices | |
| Population of Georgia | p. 347 |
| Governors of Georgia | p. 348 |
| Counties in Order of Creation | p. 351 |
| State Symbols | p. 354 |
| Index | p. 355 |
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