Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains materials relating to Slavery. Many are speeches, while some are reports and pamphlets. Most are from the 19th century. All of these papers are available through v-text at: https://vtext.valdosta.edu/xmlui/handle/10428/718Harmful Content Policy: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collection’s collection houses materials collected to elucidate the past. We recognize that users may encounter some items within these collections that contain...

Scope and Contents This issue provides historical context for the honoring of Confederate soldiers from Berrien County, Georgia. It opens with a discussion of the author’s concerns about recent acts of vandalism toward monuments and outlines the intended purpose of these memorials as commemorations of military service rather than symbols of enslavement. Drawing on census and tax records, the newsletter notes that most Berrien County residents in 1860 did not own enslaved people, though slavery was a central...