William Schley

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At the end of the 1820s, William Schley of Augusta constructed a cotton mill near his hometown, hoping to prove that the protective tariff subsidizing northern industry at the expense of southerners was unnecessary.

Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

William Schley

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