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The Feltons
Hook
• Based on what you have learned about the Bourbon Triumvirate, on what issues that they stood for do you think others might disagree?
• Let’s talk about it.
The Feltons
• Who were the Felton’s?– Independent
Democrats– William Felton– Rebecca Latimer
Felton
The Feltons• William Felton
– doctor– farmer– Methodist Preacher– public speaker
• Rebecca Latimer Felton– supported her
husband’s political causes
– his campaign leader
Rebecca Latimer Felton• Leader in the…• Suffrage Movement
– working to get women the right to vote
• Temperance Movement– anti-alcohol movement
• editorialist in the Atlanta
Journal
The Feltons
• used their newspaper The Cartersville Courant to attack the Bourbons
• wanted to help…– poor– lower middle class– HATED the convict
lease system
The Feltons
• The Convict Lease System– Prisoners were leased
(hired out) to people who provided them with housing and food in exchange for labor.
– first used prisoners for Public Works
The Feltons: Convict Lease System
• The Bourbon’s owned companies where the convicts were forced to work.
• The companies paid the state just a little bit of money for the use of all these prisoners.
• The prisoners were treated very poorly and often denied basic necessities.
The Feltons: Convict Lease System
• Georgian’s were hurt by this system because they could not find jobs!
• The number of poor increased in the state.
• In 1867 laws were changed and state run farms were built for prisoners.
• The Felton’s WON!
The Feltons: Political Life
• 1874• Dr. William Felton
was elected to Congress and served until 1880.
• In 1880, he became a member of the Georgia General Assembly.
The Feltons: Political Life• Dr. William Felton
pushed for improvements in
-education -prison reform -limits on alcohol• He and his wife
planted the roots of what would become the Populist Party.
Summarizing
• Read the lyrics to “Chain Gang” as you listen to the song.
• Create a list of seven feelings the writer of the song has about chain gangs.
• Let’s discuss them.• A more modern versio
n of “Chain Gang”
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