The primary purpose of this study is to ascertain whether an examination of newspapers account, advertisements, notices, and general items regarding slavery could shed new light on the institution in the state of Georgia. Special attention has been given to runaway notices, advertisements of slaves for hire and for sale, as well as those items dealing with more general aspects of Georgia's institution. An attempt has been made to acquaint the reader with the various laws which governed the institution of slavery in Georgia. Throughout the years 1850-1860 slavery played an important role in the life of antebellum Georgia. The state was constantly confronted with the problems of fugitive slaves. Georgia's economy was centered around the use of slave labor. The ownership of slaves afforded an individual with economic and social advantages. The main sources of information were selected newspapers which included the Albany Patriot, Columbus Enquirer, Milledgeville Federal Union, Rome Courier, and the Savannah Daily Georgian. Federal census reports, Georgia laws and city ordinances were utilized. Additional information was obtained from the works of such historians as Kenneth Stampp, Ralph Flanders, Frederic Bancroft, Richard Wade, and U. B. Phillips.

This study is an historical examination of the contributions made by Dr. Henry H. Proctor, the first African American pastor of the First Congregational Church in Atlanta, Georgia from 1894 to 1920. The study emphasizes Dr. Proctor's multifaceted career as pastor of First Congregational Church, as community developer, church administrator, church builder, army chaplain, civil rights activist, educator, and author of religious publications. Preliminary chapters examine Proctor's early life and development in the backwoods of Tennessee, his early education, and his conversion to the ministry. Separate chapters are devoted to his contributions, within a hostile southern society, as an instrument cultivating harmony between the races in Atlanta. Attention is given to his role as a model for Black leadership for his church and its surrounding community. The focus, however, is on his major achievements as a missionary to the South, community builder in Atlanta, and church administrator. His flexibility on racial and educational issues; impressive oratory; energetic advocacy of civil rights; discreet negotiations demeanor; and charismatic appeals to African Americans and whites; his sensitivities to the social, spiritual, and cultural needs of African Americans In Atlanta won him a considerable following within the city of Atlanta and the world as well. His successes are analyzed in relation to his impact on the Atlanta community and African Americans throughout the nation. The effects of his growing power within the Congregational Church bring to light some interesting parallels between his mission to the South and his missionary work throughout the nation. This study suggests that Proctor played a central role in sustaining the efforts of the institutional church in Atlanta. His church became the cornerstone of social and spiritual development for African Americans in Atlanta. His legacy spanned some twenty-five years and embraced a philosophy that was geared to solving the great racial problems in the South.

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It is the purpose of this thesis to describe in a systematic way the social life and conditions of some of the early Indian tribes who lived in North India.

Whenever people in America and elsewhere outside of India hear anything about the Indian caste system, they show a great contempt, even to disgust, in their attitude towards this ancient institution which has been instrumental, to a very large degree in moulding the destinies of India up to this day. To a casual observer this institution is but "a monster custom" (Low, S., Vision of India, p. 260) which saps the character of people leaving them degenerate in their own group and degraded in the modern world. He condemns it from every angle, scorns and abhors those who follow it, and often is very intolerant.

In his annual message to Congress in December 1887, President Grover Cleveland disregarded an heretofore set custom and established a precedent by devoting his whole attention to one question alone - that of the tariff. Pointing out the dangers of retaining a surplus in the Treasury, he stated that he favored a decrease in import duties as a means of reducing the accumulated surplus. The support accorded President Cleveland by the Democratic House, in framing the Mills Bill, and by the Democratic National Convention indicated the willingness of the Democrats to make the tariff the major issue of the ensuing campaign. That the Republicans were not averse to accepting the challenge is shown by the readiness with which they seized upon the issue. The gauntlet thrown down by President Cleveland was taken up by James C. Blaine, who in a London interview on the day after the delivery of the message, replied to the President's arguments in a manner that left no uncertainty as to his position. Following Blaine's pronouncement, no doubt existed as to the subject around which the campaign would be waged.