Historic Chattahoochee Commission: 2 books

Book cover of Lower Chattahoochee River
by The Columbus Museum, Historic Chattahoochee Commission
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2007

The Chattahoochee River has dramatically shaped the heritage of the lower Chattahoochee Valley of east and southeast Alabama and west and southwest Georgia. As the region�s dominant geographic feature, the Chattahoochee has served residents of the area as an engine for commerce and as an important...
Book cover of Sold Down the River

Sold Down the River

Slavery in the Lower Chattahoochee Valley of Alabama and Georgia

by Anthony Gene Carey, Historic Chattahoochee Commission
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011

In the New World, the buying and selling of slaves and of the commodities that they produced generated immense wealth, which reshaped existing societies and helped build new ones. From small beginnings, slavery in North America expanded until it furnished the foundation for two extraordinarily rich...
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