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Subject: African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama

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- Letter to James Dellet, informing him that his slave Barry had escaped with others the previous night.
- 1832-03-31
- 2009-06-25
- Excerpts from A DIGEST OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, compiled by John G. Akin.
- 1833-00-00
- Included here are the title page and the slave code of 1833, which also gives laws governing "free persons of color."
- 2010-11-12
- Letter from Judge W. W. Callahan in Decatur, Alabama, to Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1833-11-14
- Judge Callahan oversaw the trials of the "Scottsboro Boys" after Judge James E. Horton was removed from the case. In the letter Callahan explains that troops will not be needed to protect the prisoners and maintain order in the town: "I do not...
- 2010-06-09
- Letter from J. P. Booth to James Dellet in Claiborne, Alabama.
- 1835-08-22
- In the letter Booth asks Dellet to represent him in a case involving a runaway slave: "The negro Sam was apprehended by some man in your county & by him committed to jail. He remained some five or ten days (the coldest we had last winter) & when...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from John J. Roach to James Dellet in Claiborne, Alabama.
- 1835-11-09
- In the letter Roach asks Dellet to represent a captured runaway slave at his trial.
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from William Witherington to James Dellet in Claiborne, Alabama.
- 1837-03-10
- In the letter Witherington discusses the upcoming trial of one of his slaves. He feels the matter has not been handled fairly, and he asks Dellet for help: "Sir if there is not a stop put to it by some person which has more knowledge about things...
- 2009-06-25
- Letters from S. Gibbons in Mobile, Alabama, to James Dellet in Claiborne, Alabama.
- 1838-06
- In the letters Gibbons discusses a public sale of property belonging to the proprietors of Goodman, Miller & Co. The property is being sold to pay off debts, and there is disputing among the interested parties, particularly over several slaves.
- 2009-06-25
- Advertisement for two captured slaves, submitted by Clark Bobo, jailor of Franklin County, Alabama.
- 1846-03-19
- In the advertisement Bobo describes the slaves and their owner, Rufus K. Flax of Attalla County, Mississippi, to "come forward and conform to the statute of this State in such cases made and provided."
- 2009-08-24
- Excerpts from THE CODE OF ALABAMA, compiled by John J. Ormond, Arthur P. Bagby, and George Goldthwaite.
- 1852-00-00
- Included here are the title page and the slave code of 1852, which also gives laws governing "free negroes" and "free colored mariners."
- 2010-11-12
- Letter from a convict laborer at Pratt Mines in Jefferson County, Alabama, to Reginald Dawson, president of the Alabama Board of Inspectors of Convicts.
- 1884-01-18
- Though there is no signature, this letter has been attributed to Ezekiel Archey. The last two pages appear to a postscript.
- 2012-01-27
- Letter from Ezekiel Archey and Ambrose Haskins, convict laborers at Pratt Mines in Jefferson County, Alabama, to Reginald Dawson, president of the Alabama Board of Inspectors of Convicts.
- 1884-05-26
- 2012-01-27
- Order from the Alabama Board of Inspectors of Convicts to Comer and McCurdy of Pratt Mines in Jefferson County, Alabama, for the discharge of convict laborers Ezekiel Archey and John Fannin.
- 1887-01-28
- Both men are to be discharged in February; a note by Archey's entry, however, indicates that an indictment is pending.
- 2012-01-27
- "Strung Up."
- 1889-01-16
- Article from The Weekly Herald about the lynching of George Meadows at Pratt Mines in Jefferson County, Alabama. Meadows, an African American, was accused of assaulting a white woman and killing her young son.
- 2009-09-18
- Packet of materials submitted to Governor Joseph F. Johnston, to request the pardon of Cudjo Lewis, who was convicted of manslaughter.
- 1900-07
- Lewis's father (also Cudjo) was the last surviving ex-slave from "Clotilda, " the last known ship to bring slaves to the United States; the ship landed in Mobile, Alabama, in 1860. The packet includes a statement of sentence, letters from other...
- 2011-07-26
- Two pages from a convict register, listing six African American men who were tried in the city court of Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1909-08-07
- The register pages include spaces for physical descriptions, trial details, and prison experience (not all details are given for each convict). The men listed here were sentenced for the following crimes: James Dicks, grand larceny, two years;...
- 2010-04-23
- Letter from W. H. Oates to Governor Charles Henderson in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1915-08-12
- At the time this letter was written, Oates was serving as the state prison inspector. In it he reports on conditions in the Perry County jail, where there are forty-one prisoners (one white man and forty African American men). He notes that...
- 2009-12-03
- Letter from John D. Adams to Dr. W. H. Oates in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1915-11-09
- At the time this letter was written, Oates was serving as the state prison inspector. In it Adams reports on conditions in the Chambers County jail. He notes that the eleven prisoners (one white man and eleven African American men) are healthy, but...
- 2009-12-03
- Letter from W. H. Oates to Governor Charles Henderson in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1915-11-09
- At the time this letter was written, Oates was serving as the state prison inspector. In it he reports on conditions in the Chilton County jail, where there are twenty-five prisoners (six white men, eighteen African American men, and one African...
- 2009-12-03
- Wanted poster for George Tindell ("alias George Wilson"), an African American prisoner from Jefferson County, Alabama.
- 1924
- Tindell had been sentenced to 7 to 9 years for burglary, but he "escaped en route to Belle Ellen Prison." The poster includes images of Tindell; gives physical and biographical details about the prisoner; and offers a $50 reward for his return. See...
- 2012-01-27
- Page from the convict register giving details about the arrest and imprisonment of George Tindell of Jefferson County, Alabama.
- 1924-04-01
- The register describes Tindell's crime, sentence, imprisonment, escape, recapture, and discharge. See Q42765 for a wanted poster advertising his escape.
- 2012-01-27