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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Captain William Royal Journal and Account Book
Creator:
Royal, William
Identifier/Call Number: SC.WRJ
Extent:
0.20 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1867-1883
Abstract: Captain William Royal was a local
official in southeast Georgia from the mid-1860s to mid-1880s. He kept a journal and account
book in which he detailed his work with the African-American and white communities in the
immediate aftermath of the US Civil War. He writes about attending a meeting for the
establishment of a school for African-American children, and attending other meetings of
local African-Americans. He also traveled around the region, especially to Blackshear in
Pierce County, Georgia, but also to Waresboro, Coffee County, and Savannah, among other
locations, to hear complaints regarding illegal bondage of African Americans following the
war, and other matters.
Language of Material: English
Captain William Royal was a local official in Georgia from the mid1860s to mid-1880s.
Captain William Royal was a local official in southeast Georgia from the mid-1860s to
mid-1880s. He kept a journal and account book in which he detailed his work with the
African-American and white communities in the immediate aftermath of the US Civil War. He
writes about attending a meeting for the establishment of a school for African-American
children, and attending other meetings of local African-Americans. He also traveled around
the region, especially to Blackshear in Pierce County, Georgia, but also to Waresboro,
Coffee County, and Savannah, among other locations, to hear complaints regarding illegal
bondage of African Americans following the war, and other matters.
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