Marker Explains Failed Slave Revolt
November 23, 2010 | Posted by javal The Georgia Historical Society Monday installed a new Civil War marker in the southwest Georgia town of Quitman.
The plaque commemorates a failed slave revolt in the town near the Florida border.
Three slaves and their white ringleader named John Vickery were hanged in Brooks County in August 1864.
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