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Garrison Frazier

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thought about slavery and race. This is not, let me emphasize, an argument that the great "dead white men" don't matter (which strikes me primarily as a caricature anyway). Rather, it's an argument that they need to be understood as part of an historical process—one that connects Lincoln, for example, not just to other politicians and to the northern public, but also to soldiers and officers in the field, to runaway slaves, and to black leaders like Garrison Frazier.
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I don't mean to suggest that the only problem here is race (though that's certainly a large part of it). It's also that complex events get reduced to questions about the judgment or character of an individual, so that the coming of emancipation, for example, gets debated as a question of what Lincoln
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I say this not out of a sense of professional superiority or jealousy, but because I feel strongly that bad history makes bad politics. And it's very rare to see discussions of the South in politics today that don't invoke history to some extent.... When I see discussions in the media or blogosphere
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First Bryan ministers including Garrison Frazier and Ulysses Houston attended the nearby meeting of local black leaders with Gen. Sherman in January 1865 that resulted in Special Field Orders No. 15, promising confiscated coastal land to freed slaves. In the twentieth century, Civil Rights leader W.
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First Bryan dates its founding to the constitution of the Ethiopian Church of Jesus Christ under Rev. Andrew Bryan in January 1788, making it one of the nation's oldest African-American Baptist churches. Known later as First Colored Church, First African, and Third African, the congregation took the
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As General Sherman executed his military strategy to defeat the Confederacy, he divided his efforts along a West-to-East path following the Confederacy's strategic rail lines. Sherman's Army would exchange its inland base of Atlanta for the more secure base in coastal Savannah, now controlled by the
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and inland: a total of 400,000 acres divided into 40-acre plots. Though mules were not mentioned in the Special Order, some African-American refugees did receive mules from the army. These 40-acre plots were colloquially known as "Blackacres", which may have a basis for their origin in contract law.
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Where it is not clearly documented who owned him, Frazier and his wife Diana Williams' enslavers brought them to Georgia around 1850. Having been enslaved for sixty years, Frazier purchased his and his wife's freedom in 1856, paying $ 1,000 (~$ 26,465 in 2023) in gold and silver.
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The other men chose this eloquent, 67-year-old imposing Black man, who was well over 6 feet tall, to speak on their behalf," Elmore says. "And he said essentially we want to be free from domination of white men, we want to be educated, and we want to own land.
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who had previously directed the recruitment of black soldiers, to implement that plan. Those orders, which became the basis of the claim that the Union government had promised freed slaves "40 acres and a mule", were revoked later that year by President
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Frazier was known to be "endowed with fair natural gifts, a commanding presence, and a good voice." Considered plain and impressive as a preacher though not learned in theology, Frazier understood and could explain the doctrines of Christ quite clearly.
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about "the South," I know I'm likely to hear mostly if not entirely about the white South. When I read people repeating the popular line that the "South lost the war but won the peace," it's clear to me that they don't have Garrison Frazier in mind.
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Union Navy. By destroying the Confederacy's manufacturing, rail & communication systems, food/livestock access, and enslaved labor infrastructure, Sherman disrupted the Southern economy, preventing the Southern Army from defending its heartland.
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The problem too often with popular discussions of this history is that they focus on a few figures—Lincoln, Johnson, Sherman, etc.—or collapse these complexities into simplistic generalizations—especially about the North vs. the "South."
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After Sherman and Stanton gave the group assurances of protection and provision until the refugees could be settled, Frazier answered twelve questions, eloquently addressing the desires of African-Americans fleeing chattel enslavement.
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Frazier lived on White Bluffs Road in Savannah, Georgia. Frazier and his wife had several children: William Fraser, Roderick O'Neil, John Stafford, Chas Frazier, son Andrew, son Green, daughter Bell Atkinson, and Charity Williams.
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There are no clear records of Frazier's day of birth or his parentage. Nonetheless, Frazier was considered to be of pure African blood. There is some confusion on Frazier's birth place. One account lists Frazier's birth place as
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or "White Bluff", formerly a quiet collection of African-American communities (Nicholsonboro, Rose Dhu, Twin Hill, and Cedar Grove) eight miles southeast of Savannah - now part of the Savannah metro area.
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After his official duties at First Bryan Baptist Church, Frazier was still regarded by Savannah's African-American community and fellow clergymen as a respected elder and highly knowledgeable leader.
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U.S. War Department. (1881–1901). The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Vol. 44, Series 1. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.
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Initially a member of the Methodist Church in Georgia, Frazier joined the Baptist Church after later becoming convinced "that the Baptist faith was according to the Bible." He was baptized at
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Freedmen and Southern Society Project, "Order by the Commander of the Military Division of the Mississippi, IN THE FIELD, SAVANNAH, GA., SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS, No. 15." January 16th, 1865.
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The orders provided for the settlement of 40,000 formerly enslaved African-Americans on a large expanse of coastal land expropriated from white landowners in South Carolina, Georgia, and
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name First Bryan Baptist in 1867. Construction of the first church building began here in 1793 on property purchased by Reverend Bryan. The current building was completed in 1874.
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Soon after the historic "Forty acres and a mule" meeting, Frazier became enfeebled from age, though he did conduct some missionary work with the country churches for a few years.
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and the world's foremost authority on Garrison Frazier, believed that both Frazier's presence and eloquence had an significant impact on General Sherman, sufficient to inspire
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With the U.S. Civil War roaring throughout the South and with his health failing, Frazier resigned as First Bryan Baptist Church's pastor in 1861. He was succeeded by Deacon
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Freedmen and Southern Society Project, "Newspaper Account of a Meeting between Black Religious Leaders and Union Military Authorities, New York, N.Y. February 13, 1865.
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Freedmen and Southern Society Project, "Newspaper Account of a Meeting between Black Religious Leaders and Union Military Authorities, New York, N.Y. February 13, 1865.
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Sherman's March and the Emergence of the Independent Black Church Movement: From Atlanta to the Sea to Emancipation. Love Henry Whelchel Jr. 2014. Palgrave Pivot
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150 Year Commemoration of the Civil War - General T. William Sherman in Savannah, Georgia "Forty Acres and a Mule". Georgia W. Benton. January 07, 2015
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dedicated a Historical Marker at First Bryan Baptist Church, highlighting the roles former First Bryan Baptist Church pastors Garrison Frazier and
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Colloquy with Colored Ministers, The Journal of African American History Volume 16, Number 1 January 1931 (University of Chicago Press Journals).
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Garrison Frazier, selected by his fellow clergyman as spokesperson, introduced each of his fellow clergymen by name and position in their church.
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Notes: Records may show Garrison and his family's names as Frazer or Fraser. Garrison Fraser, United States, Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874
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Georgia, Reconstruction Registration Oath Books, 1867-1868. "Garrison Frazer, Voter Registration, Aug 1867, Georgia, United States, Race: Col"
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Nevins, Allan (1971). The War for the Union: Volume IV: The Organized War to Victory, 1864–1865. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 162.
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met with General Sherman and Secretary Stanton. The meeting took place at General Sherman's Gothic-style Southern mansion headquarters, the
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Historian Kevin M. Levin, highlighting Frazier's critical importance to a more multi-dimensional, comprehensive Civil War history, notes:
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W. Law taught Sunday School at First Bryan for many years. Erected by the Georgia Historical Society and First Bryan Baptist Church.
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United States, Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874 Savannah, Georgia, Son Willian Fraser (sic) bank records, September 24, 1870.
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crisis, and what the clergymen wanted for their people after the war had concluded. On January 12, 1865 at 8:00PM, twenty
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In addition to a cavalry division, Sherman's forces comprised two armies or wings. The right wing/southern column, the
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Press Release: Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate Historical Marker at First Bryan Baptist Church, June 14, 2015.
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suggested to General Sherman that they meet with "the leaders of the local Negro community" to discuss Savannah's
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As Union armies march upon Savannah, over 17,000 formerly-enslaved African-Americans had abandoned Georgia and
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General Sherman's March to the Sea, Savannah's Refugee Crisis, Frazier's "Forty Acres and a Mule" Colloquy
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The Story Behind '40 Acres And A Mule', ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, Sarah McCammon, January 12, 2015.
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According to accounts, Sherman and Stanton were impressed by Frazier's precise reason for the
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or the "Forty acres and a mule" order. Issued January 16, 1865, this order instructed
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Listed in Freedman Bureau and other records as "Garrison Fraser" or "Garrison Frazer"
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http://lestweforget.hamptonu.edu/page.cfm?uuid=9FEC3212-90DA-5859-77BF63F1120E4DAF
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or Savannah Campaign, was among the most effective campaigns of the Civil War.
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At the time of the "Forty acres and a mule" meeting, Frazier was 67 years old.
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African-American Baptist minister and public figure during the U.S. Civil War
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African-American history between emancipation and the civil rights movement
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Miles, Jim. To The Sea, Revised Ed., Cumberland House Publishing, 2002.
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played in the seminal meeting with General Sherman in January 1865:
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Garrison Fraser, United States, Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874
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Memorial to Frazier and Fellow First Bryan Baptist Church Pastor
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Aftermath of Sherman's Meeting, Special Field Orders, Number 15
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Frazier's intervention helped to motivate General Sherman's
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Frazier passed away in 1873. His burial site is unknown.
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