Sheep have been raised in Georgia and the Southeast for centuries. Writings from the 1700s and 1800s suggest that lamb and wool production were important in those societies. The production and marketing of lamb and wool have been declining both nationally and in Georgia in recent decades. From a national high of nearly 40 million sheep in the 1940s, there are now about 7.5 million in the United States and fewer than 10,000 in Georgia.

Sumac (Rhus glabra), a native North American plant with medicinal properties, was cultivated in the Trustee Garden by early settlers to the Georgia colony and sent to London, England. The garden was established in 1734 as an agricultural experiment station modeled after the physick and botanical gardens at Oxford and Chelsea in England. The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print.

The state of Georgia, like most other governments, operates under a financial plan called a budget. The budget is a document that describes how much money a particular government intends to spend during the upcoming year, for what purposes or programs the money is to be spent, and how much revenue is expected to be available. The Georgia Constitution requires that a state budget be developed each year and that the General Assembly pass legislation, called an appropriation, which will authorize spending from that budget.

Savannah is the oldest city in Georgia. For most of its life, it has been the largest port in the region. In 2015 Savannah was the fourth busiest container port in the country. While the port has trafficked in cotton, enslaved people, and naval stores, today it primarily handles forest and solid wood products, steel, automobiles, and farm equipment. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcL%2FTmqueZZekw6a%2Bzaacp6xf

Folklorist, investigative reporter, author, and labor activist Stetson Kennedy occupies a unique position in Georgia’s literary history. In the 1940s Kennedy infiltrated an Atlanta chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, an experience he recounted in two books, The Klan Unmasked and Southern Exposure. During his time undercover, he worked with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Anti-Defamation League. Kennedy’s writing, as well as his work as an undercover agent, helped shed light on the Klan’s “Invisible Empire,” exposing the organization’s penchant for extralegal violence and contributing to its decline in the 1950s and 1960s.