Copyright(c) 2004-2009 by the Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press. All rights reserved. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/NewIndex.jsp New documents added to the New Georgia Encyclopedia within the last 30 days. en-us Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST 10080 64 71 http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/NewIndex.jsp http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/graphics/logo_circle.gif http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3711 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:20:42 EDT David Emanuel was a leader in the <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2709">Revolutionary War</a> (1775-83) , a state legislator, and acting <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2537">governor</a>, as well as the only <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3169">Jew</a> to serve as Georgia's chief executive. Because so few records remain of his life, he is one of Georgia's least-known governors. <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2329">Emanuel County</a>, in the <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2631">wiregrass</a> region, is named for him.... http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3741 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:12:24 EDT Georgia has played an influential role in the development of the "Freedom Writ" of habeas corpus, and its original constitution was the first in history to make access to the writ a constitutional right.... http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3740 Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:36:33 EST <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3740"><img src="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/media_content/m-10168_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" /> </a>In the context of southern politics the term Redemption refers to the overthrow or defeat of Radical Republicans (white and black) by white Democrats, marking the end of the <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2533">Reconstruction</a> era in the South. In addition to its biblical allusions, the term also underscores the widely held belief among white southerners of that era that the Republican state regimes that ruled during Reconstruction had been inefficient and corrupt, and that the "Redeemers" who reestablished white Democratic control of the state also restored effective and honest government. In recent years historians have come to avoid the term because of both the bias it suggests and the very different way in which modern scholars interpret the overthrow of Reconstruction....