North GA Expulsion 

Following the Reconstruction Period, differing opinions on how to navigate the freedom of the formerly enslaved population resulted in increasing racial strife. Some opposed racial mixing and the idea of integration of African Americans as full citizens. Consequently, there was a rise in the organization of white terrorist groups and the expulsion of African Americans from certain neighborhoods. A well-known example is the case of Forsyth County, GA, where African Americans were threatened with violence to abandon their homes and land and unwelcome to return until the latter 1980s. Attempts were made to expand the expulsion efforts across other North Georgia cities and counties. According to census data which demonstrate significant drops in the African American populations of some neighborhoods between 1910-1920, it seems the efforts to expel black residents from North Georgia may have been successful. Consequently, scholars have inquired whether an expulsion of African Americans took place in Cherokee County. Articles published in newspapers of the time indicate that there were attempts at expulsion in areas of Cherokee County. However, citizens and leaders worked together to investigate and quickly subdue terrorist efforts.