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- Transcript of the autobiography of Ebenezer Hearn.
- This transcript covers the years 1794 to 1818, but it is incomplete; the original document was destroyed in a house fire. The excerpt discusses Hearn's childhood in North Carolina; his military service during the Creek War; and his work as a...
- 2010-11-12
- Excerpt from VICISSITUDES IN THE WILDERNESS, the journal of Peggy Dow.
- 1833-00-00
- In the excerpt Peggy Dow discusses passing through present-day Alabama with her husband, Lorenzo, an itinerant preacher from Connecticut. She describes the landscape, accommodations, traveling conditions, and acquaintances met along the way. She...
- 2009-06-25
- Obituary and certificate of ordination for Humphrey Gilmore. Licenses to preach and certificate of ordination for Stephen Gilmore.
- 1801-00-00
- Humphrey Gilmore's certificate of ordination was signed by Bishop Francis Asbury.
- 2011-09-16
- Letter from N. H. Cobb, a Protestant Episcopal bishop in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Benjamin Hale, a Protestant Episcopal minister and teacher at Geneva College in New York.
- 1848-07-28
- In the letter he discusses the young man Hale had recommended for a position in Cobb's diocese.
- 2009-06-25
- Excerpts from the reminiscences of James Wilson Shores, a circuit preacher for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in central Alabama.
- 1851-00-00
- The excerpts, from 1851 and 1853, include lists of slaves preached to; lists of "promiscuous places preached at" (Shores uses "promiscuous" to mean "irregular"; that is, locations not on his regular circuit); and annual summaries of his work. When...
- 2009-06-25
- Two letters from W. H. Mitchell in Montgomery, Alabama, to his wife, Martha, in Florence, Alabama.
- 1861-01-00
- In the first letter, written from the Exchange Hotel on January 10, 1861, Mitchell describes the tension and excitement in the city as they wait for the official declaration of Alabama's secession: "There seems to be no doubt, you may tell your...
- 2009-06-25
- Excerpts from a speech delivered by I. T. Tichenor, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1865
- Tichenor describes the postwar situation for the freed slaves from a paternalistic viewpoint: "Four millions of human beings, under the influence of a misguided philanthropy, have been rendered destitute of homes, protection, and comfort, and have...
- 2009-06-25
- Telegram from Reverend Adam Clayton Powell and Reverend O. D. Dempsey in New York City, New York, to Judge Eugene W. Carter in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1956-03-19
- In the telegram Powell and Dempsey write on behalf of African American ministers who have been arrested in connection with the Montgomery bus boycott: "We shall pray for your guidance in this matter that you may not be persuaded by the prejudices...
- 2009-09-04
- Report on the activities of Reverend Louis Mitchell, a white episcopal minister in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1964-06-25
- The report is directed to Virgil Stuart, chief of police in St. Augustine, Florida. It describes Mitchell's work to promote integration in Birmingham and warns that he has recently left the city to take a position with the Southern Regional Council...
- 2009-09-04
- Speech by O. B. Porterfield, minister at the Cleveland Avenue Church of Christ in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1965-03-24
- This speech was originally broadcast on a local television station during the last days of the Selma to Montgomery March. In it, Porterfield denounces the demonstration, especially the "so-called preachers" who are participating. He argues that "it...
- 2009-09-04