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In 1912, after a young white woman's assault and death, mobs lynched Black men and then violently drove out nearly all of the county's roughly 1,100 Black residents. Forsyth remained almost entirely white for decades, one of America's starkest racial expulsions.
Lynching in America / Lynching in Forsyth County is a historical marker in Cumming, Forsyth County, erected in 2020. It is one of 6 historical markers documented in Forsyth County, among 28 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.2061, -84.1395 near Cumming. The nearest cataloged historic site is Forsyth County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Colonel William Cumming, Cumming Bandstand, and Forsyth County Courthouse.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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