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Oct 15, 2021 · The truest timeline and story behind the infamous and haunted Lake Lanier. We fully cover the racial cleansing of Oscarville, the Lady of the Lake legend, and more. Big thanks to Patrick...
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Jul 14, 2024 · Lake Lanier is well-known as the site of mysterious deaths, but a lesser-known history is that of Oscarville, an abandoned town lying under the lake's surface. In the early 20th century, the town was at the center of an outbreak of racial violence that resulted in most Black residents of Forsyth County fleeing for their lives.
Jul 13, 2022 · RELATED: Whitewashed: The racial cleansing of Forsyth County. After the destruction, in the late 1950s, the Buford Dam was built, and Lake Lanier was formed, covering up Oscarville and...
Sep 15, 2016 · It's about what happened in Forsyth County, Ga., in 1912 when white mobs terrorized and drove out the entire black population, about 1,100 people. This was the white response to two incidents -...
In Forsyth County, Georgia, in September 1912, two separate alleged attacks on white women in the Cumming area resulted in black men being accused as suspects. First, a white woman reportedly awoke to find a black man in her bedroom; then days later, a white teenage girl was beaten and raped, later dying of her injuries.
The haunted Lake Lanier – but the story behind it is much more sinister. Did you know that an all-Black town lies beneath Lake Lanier? Discover the dark hist...
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RELATED: Whitewashed: The racial cleansing of Forsyth County. After the destruction, in the late 1950s, the Buford Dam was built, and Lake Lanier was formed, covering up Oscarville and swallowing most of its history. Many people died during the attack trying to get to Gainesville.
