LOOK BACK, PONDER, AND MOVE ON
GLIMPSES OF
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
EXPERIENCE
IN
SAVANNAH
1750-1900
The Exhibit as
it appeared at the Beach Institute in the summer of 1998
Introduction
“Look Back, Ponder, and Move On” is the beginning
of an exploration of the African American journey in Savannah. Part I traces the
journey essentially from 1750 to 1900. During those 150 fateful years African
Americans had gone from being bondspeople to citizens of the American Republic
working and building their destiny along with other citizens. Despite the trauma
and tragedy of the journey there are heroes and heroines—black and white—whose
stalwart examples of courage and integrity offer inspiration to us today. This
exhibition is a small effort to begin to remove the cloak of oblivion from our
past and, hopefully, to establish some meaningful dialogues that can illumine
our present and our future. We cannot change the past be we can together build a
better tomorrow in which we can
all take pride.
Carroll
Greene
Guest
Curator
This exhibit was first installed at The
Beach Institute in Savannah. This on-line version of the exhibit is intended to
duplicate as much as possible the experience of seeing the exhibit in person.
However, not all the images and artifacts in the exhibit can be seen here.
Conversely, some new information has been included here.
To view the exhibit you can either move sequentially
from one section to the next, or choose from the following menu what sections
you wish to visit. Some pages include links to other
pages which explore the topic in greater detail.
Antebellum Savannah
Olaudah Equiano, an Early
Black Visitor to Savannah
Antebellum Black
Congregations
The
Gullah Culture
Muslims in Coastal Georgia
Slavery in
Savannah
Free Blacks
in Savannah
Anti-Slavery Efforts
Advertisements for Runaway
Slaves
Laurel
Grove Cemetery South
Antebellum Education
Civil War Era
Susie King Taylor, the
Life of a Civil War Contemporary
The Civil War Era
Reconstruction
Families
The Reconstruction
Era
Education
During Reconstruction
Richard Wright and the Founding of GISC
Did You Know . .
.
Conclusion
Another view of
the exhibit
Curator of the Exhibit: Carroll Greene
Acknowledgments
- Willis Hakim Jones for generous loans and
assistance
- Bill Dawers for all around curatorial
assistance and rapport
- Paul Walker for services as preparator
- James Ruschak for volunteer assistance
- Michael Pritchard for loan of art work
- John Deaderick for loan of art work and other
assistance
The original exhibit:
Presented by the City of Savannah
Department of Cultural Affairs/Leisure Services
Bureau,
and supported in part by the
Georgia Council for the Arts through appropriations
from the Georgia General Assembly.
The Beach Institute and King-Tisdell Cottage
Foundation
can be reached at
912-234-8000
Correspondence should be directed to
The King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation,
502 East Harris St.,
Savannah GA 31401
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