1840, Unnamed, Violence (Punishment)

Title: 1840, Unnamed, Violence (Punishment)
Description: If enslaved persons were out past the 9 o'clock curfew, they were subject to whipping or confinement.

Partial Transcript: "It was discretionary with the Town Marshal to whip or confine all negroes found on the streets after nine o'clock"
Event Type: Violence: Punishment
Action Status: Completed
Date: 1840
Date Certainty: Questionable
Location: Athens-Clarke County, Georgia
Cause: 1840, Unnamed, Mention
Source: Annals of Athens, Georgia; Page 128
Related Event: 1840, Unnamed, Mention
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Author: Augustus Longstreet Hull
Perpetrator: Town Marshals

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