Historical Marker

Contributions of Enslaved African to the Area

Chickamauga · Walker County

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Enslaved African Americans built and sustained the plantation at Crawfish Spring, raising its house and quarters and working its fields. Their labor underpinned the wealth of this antebellum community before emancipation.

About this site

Contributions of Enslaved African to the Area is a historical marker in Chickamauga, Walker County. It is one of 72 historical markers documented in Walker County, among 163 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.8715, -85.2948 near Chickamauga. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Gordon - Lee Mansion (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Clark Lee: Chickamauga's Black Confederate Soldier, American Indian Occupation of the Area, and 26th Tennessee Infantry / 1st Georgia Infantry Memorial.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 34.8715, -85.2948 · Chickamauga, Walker County
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