Jenningstown was a shantytown in
Atlanta built on the top of, and around, what was then known as Diamond Hill in the
First Ward.
Atlanta University was built on the summit, opening in 1869. Its population shortly after the
Civil War was 2,490, all black except for some white missionaries living there.
[Allison Dorsey, ''To Build Our Lives Together'', p. 34ff.]
/ref> It had rough roads and an inadequate water supply. Jenningstown is mentioned into the 20th century, though its boundaries were described as loosely defined; Beaver Slide
Beaver Slide or Beavers' Slide was an African American slum area near Atlanta University documented as early as 1882. It was replaced by the University Homes public housing project in 1937, which was razed in 2008–9.
Charles Forrest Palmer, t ...
was its southern border.Joseph Gerteis, ''Class and the color line'', p.110
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African-American history in Atlanta
Former shantytowns and slums in Atlanta
1869 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)