Alabama Yesterdays

Alabama Yesterdays: Random wanderings through Alabama history

Showing posts with label slavery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label slavery. Show all posts
Thursday, May 11, 2023

Alabama Slaves Auctioned in New Orleans in 1858

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The digital collections of the Smithsonian Institution are a rich source of Alabama-related materials. In a recent wandering there I came a...
Thursday, March 30, 2023

Birmingham Photo of the Day [84]: Gus Brown

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Recently I've been roaming through Alabama Mosaic  again, a place of infinite distraction, and here's the result this time.  The doc...
Friday, August 12, 2022

Alabama Photo: Former Slaves of General Cantey

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At the Alabama State Archives site linked below, we are given the following information about this photo: "Winter Cantey, 85, and his w...
Thursday, September 1, 2016

A Quick Visit to Colony

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On our recent trip taking us from Bessemer to Jasper and Hartselle, my brother Richard and I made a drive through the town of Colony in the ...
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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Did Alabama Still Have Slaves in 1883?

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The following item was posted to the USGenWeb genealogy site in 2008. The original article supposedly appeared in the New York Tribune  and...
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