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Affidavit of Howard Bunts: Dougherty County, Georgia, 1868 Sept. 23

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Howard, O. H

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In the affidavit taken on September 23, 1868, Howard Bunts, a 19-year-old carpenter and freedman, gives his account of September 19, 1868 to O.H. Howard, sub-assistant commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau in Georgia. Bunts' account of the day, a day notable due to violence in Camilla, Georgia between freedmen together with Republicans and the white townspeople who opposed them, emphasizes the events leading up to the initial disturbance in front of the Camilla courthouse. Bunts is an important witness, as he was playing the fife on the bandwagon targeted by James Johns, the intoxicated Camilla resident who fired the first shots in the incident.Digital image and transcription created by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001 of a photocopy held by DeSoto Trail Regional Library of an original record held by the National Archives.
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Bunts, Howard
  3. Camilla
  4. Freedmen
  5. Georgia
  6. History
  7. Personal Narratives
  8. Political Activity
  9. Political Violence
  10. Reconstruction
  11. Social Conditions
  12. To 1964
  13. United States
  14. United States. Bureau Of Refugees, Freedmen, And Abandoned Lands
  15. Violence Against

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