Expulsions & sundown towns
Oscarville and the expulsion of Black Forsyth County
September - December 1912Oscarville, eastern Forsyth County, partly beneath Lake Lanier, GA
White mobs and night riders drove all 1,098 Black residents out of Forsyth County in the autumn of 1912. Most of their land was never sold, only taken - and part of it now lies under Lake Lanier, which is why the lake is said to cover a drowned Black town.
- People killed
- 1–3
- People displaced
- 1,098
The shape on the map is a reconstruction drawn from historical descriptions, not a surveyed boundary. Follow the sources for authoritative maps.