- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Chattahoochee Brick Company
- Contributor to Resource:
- Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 2024
- Subject:
- Arts--Georgia
Culture - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- images (object genre)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The Chattahoochee Brick Company was among the largest and most notorious employers of convict labor in Georgia. Under the terms of the convict lease system, Chattahoochee Brick forced thousands of Black Georgians to labor under conditions that have been described as industrial slavery.
Black and white drawing of the Chattahoochee Brick Company, depicting the company's vast production site and a caption that reads "Works at Chattahoochee Brick Company on Southern Railway. Capacity 200,000 per day." - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/chattahoochee-brick-company/chattahoochee-brick-company_001/
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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