Tag: Chattahoochee Brick Co.
Will the prisoners who labored to build Atlanta ever be acknowledged?
At its turn-of-the-century peak, Chattahoochee Brick produced up to 300,000 bricks daily, playing a crucial role in the postwar rebuilding of Atlanta. Many Southern farms, mines, and factories thrived on forced convict labor, and Chattahoochee Brick was no exception.
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