Convict labor -- Georgia
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on the private employment of convicts. Works on the employment, by one employer, of laborers under contract with another employer or with a contractor, and on the lending of laborers by one employer to another employer are entered under Contract system (Labor).
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Series VI: Milton County, 1858-1931, undated
Series
Scope and Contents
This series contains financial and court records from Milton County before it merged with Fulton County in 1931. Records document the Inferior Court, Clerk of Superior, Treasurer, and Office of Tax Collector. Material includes financial books of return; court proceeding minutes; treasurer books; and ledgers of vouchers, receipts, taxes, receipts, and checks. Of particular note are penitentiary and convict records. The "whipping record" in this collection contains language that some might...
Dates:
1858-1931, undated