[Georgia, State of]. Georgia Responds to the Haitian Slave Revolt. A rare printing of the Georgia Constitution.

[GEORGIA, STATE OF]

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. AS REVISED, AMENDED AND COMPILED, BY THE CONVENTION OF THE STATE, AT LOUISVILLE, ON THE THIRTIETH DAY OF MAY, MDCCXCVIII. AUGUSTA: JOHN ERDMAN SMITH, 1799. [BOUND WITH:] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED AT MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 1814. MIDGEVILLE: S.& F. GRANTLAND, 1814. [BOUND WITH:] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED AT MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1815. MIDGEVILLE: S.& F. GRANTLAND, 1815 [BOUND WITH:] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED AT MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 1816. MIDGEVILLE: S.& F. GRANTLAND, 1816 

Together 4 titles in 1 volume. 8vo. (8 x 4 7/8 in.; 204 x 123 mm). With two of the original rear blue wrappers. Some browning, more so to Acts, old library ink stamp to first title. Half bound with front cover detached, discoloration and losses to spine. 

Georgia Responds to the Haitian Slave Revolt

In its Constitutional Convention of 1798, Georgia forbids the import of slaves from foreign nations (see Article III, sec. 12), most likely as a response to the recent revolt of slaves in Haiti and fears of a similar insurrection being brought from the Indies. Of course, those emigrating to Georgia from other states were not proscribed from bringing slaves. Each title is rare at auction.