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- Letter from three white citizens in Mobile, Alabama, to W. T. Hatchell in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1868-01-27
- In the letter the men explain that "the white people of this city & county feel that they have no fair showing" in the upcoming election. They ask Hatchell to consider removing William Hurter from his post as chief registrar in the city because of...
- 2009-09-15
- Contract between A. S. Naftel and Franklin Perkins, a freed slave who would be working as a sharecropper on Naftel's land.
- 1869-01-01
- The contract discusses wages and expenses, and also lists rules and regulations that Perkins was to follow.
- 2009-09-11
- Letter and resolution from Secretary of State William H. Seward in Washington, D.C., to Governor William H. Smith in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1869-02-27
- In the letter Seward explains that Congress is proposing a fifteenth amendment to the Constitution, which must be voted on by the state legislatures. He includes a certified copy of the resolution: "The right of citizens of the United States to...
- 2009-09-15
- Sharecropping contract between Mary P. Watts and J. C. Jones.
- 1869-03-25
- In the contract Watts rents her plantation in Dallas County, Alabama, to Jones for five years; in exchange, he is to deliver three 500-pound bales of cotton to her home each year before Christmas.
- 2009-06-25
- Newspaper clipping of letters between Dr. Noah B. Cloud, Alabama's state superintendent of public instruction, and H. S. Whitfield, superintendent of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
- 1869-06-10
- In the first letter Dr. Cloud reprimands Whitfield because Tuscaloosa County has not provided enough schools for its African American children: "...you have reported 44 white schools, and only 2 colored, which is not in accordance with the school...
- 2009-09-14
- Letter from W. D. Drisk, a teacher in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Governor William Hugh Smith in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1869-06-14
- In the letter Drisk explains that he has not been paid for his work because the county has not provided enough schools for African American children: "During four months of the past winter I taught in this city the children of freedmen having been...
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from Charles Hays in Eutaw, Alabama, to Governor William Hugh Smith.
- 1869-08-04
- In the letter Hays asks the governor to declare a state of martial law in Greene County because of hostilities against Republicans there: "There is no safety here for any Republican that wishes order and the laws enforced....Republicans cannot go...
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from three county officials in Jacksonville, Alabama, to Governor William Hugh Smith.
- 1869-08-07
- In the letter the men ask the governor to intervene on behalf of the Republicans in Calhoun County, who have been threatened and shunned because of their political views. They describe the threats and hostilities, including those against African...
- 2009-09-15
- Receipt for payment received by E. Donoho, a teacher in Tuscaloosa County, from H. S. Whitfield, county superintendent.
- 1869-10-28
- Donoho received $19 for twenty days of teaching.
- 2009-09-15
- Receipt for payment received by A. E. Henry, a teacher in Tuscaloosa County, from H. S. Whitfield, county superintendent.
- 1869-10-28
- Henry received $35 for thirty-seven days of teaching.
- 2009-09-15
- Receipt for payment received by W. C. H. Rosser, a teacher in Tuscaloosa County, from H. S. Whitfield, county superintendent.
- 1869-10-29
- Rosser received $90 for forty days of teaching.
- 2009-09-15
- Receipt for payment received by John Edmondson, a clerk in Tuscaloosa County, from H. S. Whitfield, county superintendent.
- 1869-11-13
- Edmondson received $2 for his service.
- 2009-09-15
- Receipt for payment received by G. N. Ward, a teacher in Tuscaloosa County, from H. S. Whitfield, county superintendent.
- 1869-11-15
- Ward received $13 for ten days of teaching.
- 2009-09-15
- Receipt for clothing bought by Charles Hall from W. W. Waller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1869-11-28
- 2012-01-27
- Receipt from Brown and Sherrod in Columbus, Mississippi, for money received from Davis and Halbert.
- 1869-12-15
- 2011-11-16
- Bond for $1,000 issued by Randolph County, Alabama, to the Eufaula, Opelika, Oxford, and Guntersville Railroad Company.
- 1870-01-01
- The term of the bond is twenty years, with an annual interest of eight percent.
- 2009-09-11
- "Law Abiding Democrats to the Front!"
- 1877
- Leaflet addressed to Democrats in Dallas County, Alabama, urging them to vote for the "good and true men" of the party, who will not resort to illegal methods to gain political power: "They will tell you, that when bad men are elected to office,...
- 2009-06-25
- Excerpts from THE DIARY OF A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER by John Washington Inzer, edited by Mattie Lou Teague Crow.
- 1977-00-00
- During the Civil War Inzer served as a lieutenant colonel in the 58th Alabama Infantry Regiment, C.S.A. In the passages he describes fighting in the Battle of Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he was captured; the poor treatment and...
- 2009-06-25
- Excerpts from IN SEARCH OF THE PROMISED LAND: A SLAVE FAMILY IN THE OLD SOUTH by John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger.
- 2006-00-00
- The passages describe the lives and contributions of three freedmen of the Rapier family. John H. Rapier, Jr., was a physician at the Freedmen's Hospital in Washington, D.C. John H. Rapier, Sr., a barber in Florence, Alabama, served as a voter...
- 2009-06-25