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- Copies of slave records created by members of the Creek Nation.
- 1821-00-00
- Most of the documents deal with either the emancipation of slaves or the transfer of slave ownership to other family members. In addition to these records, there is a resolution (dated June 29, 1825) in which leaders of the Broken Arrow Council...
- 2010-05-12
- Excerpts from A SECOND VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA by Sir Charles Lyell, an English geologist.
- 1846-02-00
- In the passages Lyell describes the physical characteristics of the Tombigbee River and gulf coast in Alabama; discrimination against African Americans in both the North and the South; implications of emancipation for the economic and social...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from C. S. Woodbary in Robinson Springs, Alabama, to Sarah J. Kendall in Mt. Washington, Kentucky.
- 1849-04-11
- In the letter Woodbary expresses surprise at discovering that a fellow New Englander had also moved to the South. She writes about her difficulty in adjusting to Alabama because "the manner and customs of the people here are so different from those...
- 2012-01-27
- Excerpt from LETTERS FROM ALABAMA, (U.S.) CHIEFLY RELATING TO NATURAL HISTORY by Philip Henry Gosse, an English naturalist.
- 1859-00-00
- This passage includes a letter written by Gosse, on September 1, 1838. He discusses slavery in Alabama ("a huge deadly serpent"), describing cruel punishments, poor living conditions, and impediments to emancipation. In his view, the institution...
- 2009-06-25
- Diaries kept by William Lowery from 1862 to 1863, while serving as a lieutenant of the 20th Alabama Infantry.
- 1862
- Lowery was a second lieutenant in Co. D, 20th Alabama Infantry Regiment and was from Bibb County, Alabama. In the diaries he discusses camp life (including supplies, weather, social life, visiting family members, and the troops); the movement into...
- 2011-11-21
- Questionnaire prepared by H. C. Nixon to gather information on slavery in Alabama.
- 1912
- The questionnaire was sent to former slaveholders and former slaves. It asks for details about dwellings and possessions; clothing and food; occupations and typical workdays; money earned by slaves for their own use; family life; entertainment;...
- 2010-11-12
- O. T. McCann's response to H. C. Nixon's questionnaire about slavery in Alabama.
- 1912-12-05
- McCann, a former slave, describes the following aspects of slavery as he experienced them in Hale County, Alabama: dwellings and possessions; clothing and food; occupations and typical workdays; money earned by slaves for their own use; family...
- 2010-11-12
- John H. Alexander's response to H. C. Nixon's questionnaire about slavery in Alabama.
- 1913
- Alexander, whose father was "a large slave holder before the war," describes the following aspects of slavery: dwellings and possessions; clothing and food; occupations and typical workdays; money earned by slaves for their own use; family life;...
- 2009-09-30
- J. W. Winston's response to H. C. Nixon's questionnaire about slavery in Alabama.
- 1913-01-25
- Winston, whose father "was the largest slave owner in this (DeKalb) County," describes the following aspects of slavery: dwellings and possessions; clothing and food; occupations and typical workdays; money earned by slaves for their own use;...
- 2010-11-12
- D. M. McIntosh's response to H. C. Nixon's questionnaire about slavery in Alabama.
- 1913-04-01
- McIntosh describes the following aspects of slavery as he observed them in Wilcox County, Alabama: dwellings and possessions; clothing and food; occupations and typical workdays; money earned by slaves for their own use; family life; entertainment;...
- 2010-11-12