Set 07: Political, Social, and Economic Changes in Georgia During the New South Era

GHS Primary Source Set ,

The primary sources of the New South include many references to agriculture and the growth of the cotton industry in Georgia. This agricultural resurgence was one of the defining factors of Georgia’s New South, and GHS provides resources, such as the Atlanta Cotton States Exposition to demonstrate the gravity of this moment. Moreover, this set includes many opposing viewpoints on race, lynching, and the state of Georgia following Reconstruction. These views also shed light on the future of Georgia in the New South, a period of technological and agricultural growth. 

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African-American cotton pickers from 1880. From the Georgia Historical Society Collection of Stereographs
Photo of sharecroppers cotton picking ca. 1880
African-American History , agriculture , New South , sharecropping , SS8H7
Newspaper clipping about the lynching of Sam Hose
Newspaper articles on the Sam Hose Lynching
African-American History , lynching , New South , racism , SS8H7
A collection of newspapers articles on the Leo Frank Case from the Georgia Historical Society.
Newspaper coverage of the Leo Frank Trial 1899
antisemitism , lynching , New South , SS8H7
“The South and Her Problems
“The South and Her Problems” by Henry Grady
agriculture , New South , SS8H7
“The Atlanta Compromise” by Booker T. Washington 1895
African-American History , New South , SS8H7
Excerpts from the Official guide to the Cotton States and International Exposition : held at Atlanta, Ga. 1895
Excerpts from Official Guide to the Cotton States and International Exposition.
agriculture , economy , New South , SS8H7
From Darkness to Light. Dedicated to the Atlanta Exposition
From Darkness to Light, Dedicated to the Atlanta Exposition, 1905
economy , New South , SS8H7
Ida B Wells' Lynch law in Georgia
Ida B. Wells-Barnett “Lynch Law in Georgia”
African-American History , lynching , New South , SS8H7