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The city of Savannah, Georgia, the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, Georgia, is the birthplace and home of several notable individuals. This is a list of people from Savannah, Georgia , and includes people that were born or lived in Savannah, Georgia, for a non-trivial amount of time.
People from Savannah, Georgia, by occupation (13 C) Pages in category "People from Savannah, Georgia" The following 130 pages are in this category, out of 130 total.
The Savannah City Council voted last November to get rid of the name Calhoun Square following a campaign by Gunn's coalition, which argued he was unworthy of the honor in a city where 54% of the ...
Reportedly, family reunions among Black families date back to Emancipation when formerly enslaved people sought out the family they were separated from as a result of forced sales and separation ...
Instead, the nominees are four Black people — a pastor, a formerly enslaved woman, a civil rights hero and an Army pilot — as well as Native Americans who inhabited the area when Savannah was ...
African Founders: How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals (Simon & Schuster, 2022), ch 5. before 1860. Flynn Jr, Charles L. White land, Black labor: Caste and class in late nineteenth-century Georgia (LSU Press, 1999). Grant, Donald Lee. The way it was in the South: The Black experience in Georgia (University of Georgia Press, 2001).
Before the Civil War, and its aftermath, First Bryan's pastor and several church members played integral roles in the emancipation of blacks in Savannah. James Merilus Simms, a trustee and ordained minister of First Bryan, went to Richmond, Virginia in 1862 and returned to Savannah with the preliminary draft of the Emancipation Proclamation to share with Savannah's black leadership and population.
A special dog fountain is located on the west side of the square. The Myers Drinking Fountain was a gift from Savannah mayor Herman Myers in 1897 and originally placed in Forsyth Park. When moved to Troup Square its height was adjusted for canine use and has become the site of an annual Blessing of the Animals. [5] [10]