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Table A.1. *Savannah Planter Merchants Who Received and Sold West Africans from Rice Growing Regions, 1765–1798*
NAME OF FIRM	ORIGIN OF AFRICANS	QUANTITY SOLD
Ingliss and Hall	Gambia and Sierra Leone	667
Clay and Habersham	Gambia	320
John Graham/Ingliss and Hall	Rice Coast	340
John Graham	Sierra Leone	200
Craig, MacLeod, and Company	Isle of Banana (Sierra Leone)	237
Joseph Clay	Gambia	170
Robert Watts	Bance Island, Africa	95
Cowper and Telfair	Windward Coast	90
Robert Watts	Isle of Goree (Senegal)	84
Broughton and Smith	Senegal	78

Source: Georgia Gazette, 1765–1771; Savannah Inward Manifests, Bureau of Customs, Record Group 36, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

Table A.2. *Slaves Imported into Savannah by Origin and Time Period, Early Period, 1755–1767*
ORIGIN	NUMBER OF AFRICANS	PERCENT
Senegal and Gambia	328	14
Gambia and Sierra Leone^a	244	10
Africa	148	6
Jamaica	353	15
St. Christopher’s	430	18
Montserrat	137	6
St. Kitts	156	7
St. Croix	76	3
Curacao	92	4
Page 92 →Grenada	75	3
Other Islands^b	166	7
Arrivals from US^c	120	5
Total	2,325

a. Gambia and Sierra Leone are listed together on the original manifest.

b. Includes Antigua, 45; Barbados, 42; Tortola, 31; St. Vincent, 15; St. Eustatius, 14; St. Martin, 8; Guadeloupe, 7; Isles of Pines, Cuba, 3; St. Thomas, 1.

c. Includes South Carolina, 98; New York, 2; Rhode Island, 2

SOURCE: RG 36, Inward Slave Manifests, NARA, Washington, D.C.; Elizabeth Donnan, Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade, vol. 4 (New York: Octagon, 1935), 612–63.

Table A.3. *Slaves Imported into Savannah by Origin and Time Period, Middle Period, 1768–1771*
ORIGIN	NUMBER	PERCENT
Gambia	814	42
Rice and Grain Coast	470	24
Sierra Leone	297	15
Angola	250	13
Caribbean*	105	5
Total	1,936

*Includes Antigua, 90, and Barbados, 15. The 90 slaves from Antigua are listed as Windward Coast slaves.

SOURCE: RG 36, Inward Slave Manifests, NARA, Washington, D.C.; Elizabeth Donnan, Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade, vol. 4 (New York: Octagon, 1935) 612–63.

Table A.4. *Slaves Imported into Savannah by Origin and Time Period, Final Period, 1784–1798*
ORIGIN	NUMBER	PERCENT
Isle of Goree (Senegal)	217	12
Bananas (Sierra Leone)	394	21
Anamaboe (Gold Coast)	149	8
Africa^a	698	37
Caribbean^b	402	21
Total	1,860

Page 93 →a. Specific regions in Africa not listed.

b. Includes Delos Isle, 217; Jamaica, 36; Martinique, 152; St. Croix, 7.

SOURCE: RG 36, Inward Slave Manifests, NARA, Washington, D.C.; Elizabeth Donnan, Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade, vol. 4 (New York: Octagon, 1935), 612–63.

Table A.5. *Institutional Property Owned by Selected Mutual Associations, Savannah*
ASSOCIATION	ACRES	COST
Louisville Ten Acre Society (Sons and Daughters of Louisville)	1 lot (#33)	$90
Mary Magdalene Society	1 lot (#41)	75
Sons and Daughters of Jerusalem	1 lot	75
Sons and Daughters of Mount Sinai	1 lot	200
Sons and Daughters of Southville	3 lots	150
Sons and Daughters of Zion	“small lot”	40

SOURCE: Records of the Chatham County Superior Court, Deed Books, 5A, 320; 5N, 332; 6L, 166; 7M, 167; 7’O, 23.

Table A.6. *Leadership of African American Women in Selected Benevolent Associations, Savannah, 1867–1868*
BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION	PRESIDENT
Benevolent Sisters	Sarah Box
Daughters of Nehemiah	Dolly Jackson
Daughters of Light	Dolly Jackson
John the Baptist	Maria Johnson
Ladies Christian Association	Margaret Millidie
Ladies Galatian Society	Sarah Box
Ladies Union Society	Jane Adams
Mary Magdalene Society	Elizabeth Lawrence
Nickel Club	Eugenia Hooker
Poor and Needy Institute	Georgiana Kelly
Rising Daughters of Africa	Sarah Box
Union Republican Association	Susan Carrier

SOURCE: Register of Signatures of Depositors, Freedmen’s Savings and Trust, Savannah Branch, M816, Roll 8, RG 101; James Simms, The First Colored Church of North America (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1888), 211–13.

Page 94 →Table A.7. Summary of Cultivation, Landowners
COMMODITY	ACREAGE	YIELDS
Rice	42	35,048 lbs
Corn	3	50 bushels
Cotton	2	300 pounds
Sweet Potatoes	1 1/2	80 bushels

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Manuscript Agricultural Schedules, Chatham County, 6th Militia District, 1880.

Table A.8. African American Farms Classified by Size, Chatham County, 1910
FARM SIZE, IN ACRES	NUMBER OF FARMS
3 and under	2
3–9	111
10–19	64
20–49	33
50–99	5
100–174	3
175–259	2
500–999	2
1,000 and over	1

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Negro Population of the United States, 1790–1915 (Washington, D.C., 1918), 710.

Table A.9. Occupation of Landowners, Burroughs, Georgia, 1910
OCCUPATION	NUMBER	%
Farmer	21	43.7
Farm Laborer	5	10.4
Laborer*	10	20.8
Carpenter	2	4.1
Real Estate Agent	1	2.0
Washerwoman	1	2.0
Woodcutter, Lumber Mill	1	2.0

*Includes porters, 1; railroad workers, 8; and a sawmill workers, 1.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 6th Militia District, Chatham County, 1910.

Page 95 →Table A.10. Occupation of Landowners, Burroughs, Georgia, 1920
OCCUPATION	NUMBER	%
Farmer	45	81
Farm Laborer	5	9
Laborer (City)	1	1.8
Laborer (Railroad)	1	1.8
Launderer	2	3.6

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 6th Militia District, Chatham County, 1920.

Table A.11. Occupation and Real Estate Value, Ogeechee District, 1870
OCCUPATION	N	REAL ESTATE VALUE	PERSONAL PROPERTY
Blacksmith	1	$400	$100
Butcher	1	2,000	300
Carpenter	5	200–4,000	100–200
Carriage Driver	1	500	100
Cotton Sampler	2	300–1,000	100
Farmer	10	200–4,400	100–600
Hackman	1	1500	2000
Laborer^*	8	200–1500	50–150
Laborer (Farm)	5	200–500	100
Pilot (steamboat)	2	200–500	100
Preacher	1	400	100
Retail Grocer	1	3,000	550
Sewer/Launderer	1	400–2,000	100

^*Three of the laborers were women.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Population Manuscript, Chatham County, Seventh Militia District, 1870.

Table A.12. Average Daily Wages in Selected Occupations in Savannah, 1874
OCCUPATION	WAGES
Carpenters	$3.25–3.50
Draymen	1.40–2.00
Laborers	1.75–2.00
Longshoreman	5.00
Machinists	3.00–4.00
Moulders	3.00–5.00
Painters	4.20

SOURCE: Savannah Morning News, October 9, 1874, p. 3, col. 3.

Page 96 →Table A.13. African American Women Landowners, Chatham County, 1876
NAME	VALUE OF LAND	ACREAGE
Mary Aves	$150
Sarah Banks	100	5
Belle Barclay	500
Lucy Ann Barnard	100	50
Matilda Beasley	300
Catherine Beattie	700
Molly Benge	100
Nancy Berrien	200
Stella Blue	200
Adrianna Boyd	400
Sarah Brand	100
Rachel Broomfield	500	20
Catherine Broughton	250
Anne Parker Brown	550
Georgia Burke	100	5
Nelly Buggs	250
Sarah Burke	1400
Phoebe Butler	200
Miranda Campbell	800
Sophia Chipp	300
Jane Clay	2100
Susan F. Cox	700
Eliza Crawford	400
Euphemia Curry	450
Amy Cusbert	100	24
Susan David	250
Susan Deas	400
Mary C. Degnore	1000
Dolly DeLoyd	500
Catherine Deveaux	2000
Justine Dolly	500
Anne Dudley	1600
Eve Early	200	15
Lucy Edwards	200
Elizabeth Edy	30
Fanny Fell	35	5
Patience Fenwick	300
Page 97 →Henrietta Fields	50	5
Fulonia Fuller	700
Nancy Garret	900
Claudia Gibbons	5800
Emma Gibbons	800
Nancy Golden	500
Julia Gordon	60
Sarah Jane Gordon	600
Miranda Grant	200
Margaret Green	160
Matilda Green	75	5
Eliza Habersham	1300
Matilda Habersham	300
Matilda Harrison	75
Patsey Holmes	250
Rosa Houston	600
Jane Hull	200
Amanda Jackson	100
Betty Jackson	300	5
Luanda Jackson	350
Maria Johnson	500
Mary A. Jackson	1200
Mary Ann Johnson	450
Rosa Johnson	150
Clarinda Jourdan	500
Rose Julien	200
Katie Marshall	50	5
Nancy Martin	3000
Virginia McClean	750
Minerva McDowell	400
Ellen McFall	400
Adeline McNichols	240	6
Mary Ann Middleton	300
Margaret O. Miller	50
Sarah Miller	475
Bina Milligan	900
Anne Mills	350
Elizabeth Mirault	3500
Page 98 →Josephine Mirault	1200
Tenah H. Moore	50
Venus Odingsell	900
Sarah Patrick	400	10
Flora Poley	800
Charlotte Reid	600
Harriet Reynolds	800
Ellen Richardson	1200
Hetty Ross	250	21
Jane Rutledge	150
Julia Ryan	200
Harriet Sanchez	1000
Estelle Savage	4800
Cecelia Scarborough	336	15
Elizabeth Scott	300
Sylvia Screven	1200
Margaret Sheftall	1000
Susan Sheftall	1000
Swan Simmons	400
Phoebe Smith	200
Jane Snead	500	20
Maria Sneed	125
Dolly Williams	600
Fanny Williams	900
Polly Williams	40	3.5
Delia Wilson	300
Nanny Wilson	150
Nancy Winkler	300
Mary Woodhouse	500
Phyllis Young	150	4

SOURCE: Records of the Chatham County Superior Court, Chatham County Tax Digest, Savannah, 1876.

Page 99 →Table A.14. Self-Help Societies in the Lowcountry with Accounts Established in the Freedmen’s Bank, 1867–1871
Missionary Zion Baptist Association of First Bryan Baptist Church, Ledger No. 621	established by Reverend Andrew Neyle.
Union League of America, Baker Council No. 9, Ledger No. 649	Jackson Brand, president, occupation: grocer, age 44; Gabriel Adams, treasurer, occupation: carpenter, age 35; Aaron A. Bradley, secretary, occupation: lawyer, age 51; Paul S. Reynolds, occupation: carpenter, age 24
Zion Traveler’s Society, “connected with the African Methodist Episcopal Church,” Ledger No. 648	J. M. Johnson, president; Abram Logan, treasurer, occupation: porter, age 40; Fortune Campbell, secretary, occupation: porter, age 43
American Missionary Society, Ledger No. 668;	Reverend Ira Pettibone, agent, former superintendent of education
Daughters of Zion, First African Baptist Church, Ledger No. 720–721	Frank Williams, president (Miss Hetty Grant, former president); Mrs. C. Wilson, vice president; Mark Grant, secretary; Mrs. Rhoda Smaller, treasurer; Mrs. Chloe Payne, chair; J. H. McDowell, chief
Union Benevolent Society of Second African Baptist Church, Ledger No. 722	Ann Wilson, president; Lydia Edwards, vice president; K. S. Thomas, secretary; Diana Boles, treasurer
Wrestling Jacob Progressive Association, Ledger No. 731	John Jackson, president (“in place of Amos Benjamin); James Jenkins, vice president; James Ball, treasurer
Sons of Zion, Ledger No. 740
John the Baptist Society, Ledger No. 745	Mrs. Maria Johnson, president
Benevolent Daughters of Savannah, Ledger No. 594
Union Republican Association, Liberty County, Ledger No. 757	Mrs. Susan Carrier, school teacher
Page 100 →Children of Eden Society, Ledger No. 779	Cyrus Gordon, secretary; Samuel Coo[?] president, occupation: shoestore, age 45; Mrs. Jane Allen, treasurer Abraham Burke, treasurer
Freedman Newspaper Publishing Association, Ledger No. 810
Mary Magdalene Society, Ledger No. 842	Elizabeth Laurence, president; Diane Williams, vice president; John A. Laurence, secretary; A. Fleming, treasurer
Sisters Prayer Meeting Benevolent Association, Ledger No. 927	Mrs. Susan Dencile[?], president; Mrs. E. Eady, secretary; Mrs. Melina Beryan, treasurer
Ladies Union Socialize Society, Ledger No. 930	Jane Adams, president; John A. Laurence, secretary; Rose Johnson, treasurer
Macedonia Benevolent Society, Ledger No. 963	Robert Wright, president; Sarah Gardner, treasurer
Poor and Needy Institute, Ledger No. 984	Georgiana Kelly, president; Annie Wilson, vice president; Hammond C. Avers, secretary; Priscilla Shigg, treasurer, occupation: teacher

SOURCE: Records of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Registers of Signatures of Depositors in Branches of the Freedmen’s Savings and Trust.

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