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- Voucher issued to John S. Powers of Butler County, Alabama, for the impressment of a slave "to work on Fortifications" for 74 days.
- 1863-11-06
- 2011-11-21
- 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
- WHITE MEN OF ALABAMA STAND TOGETHER, 1860 and 1890 by Senator John T. Milner.
- 1890
- In the pamphlet Milner gives a "testimony" to argue against giving African American political power, and he blames the Republican Party for discord in the state: "There has not been a moment of peace in Alabama, since the black Republican party was...
- 2011-10-12
- Will of Thomas Brown of Montgomery County, Alabama.
- 1843
- In his will, Brown bequeaths his wife Eliza $5,000; a sixth of his slaves, including six specific individuals that he purchased from her father Bolling Hall; his house and a sixth of his plantation; and the slave Betsey, his seamstress. If his wife...
- 2009-06-25
- Writ of arrest issued to the sheriff of Autauga County of the Alabama Territory, commanding him "to take the body of Mathew Duncan, if to be found within your county & him safely keep" until the date of his trial.
- 1819-06-21
- A note on the back explains the charge to the accused, Mathew Duncan: "Take notice this action is brought to recover the price of a horse the proper goods & chattels of Thomas Cargill which you took & converted to your own use." A transcript is...
- 2012-01-27
- Writ of arrest issued to the sheriff of Autauga County of the Alabama Territory, commanding him "to take the body of Mathew Duncan, if to be found within your county & him safely keep" until the date of his trial.
- 1819-06-21
- A note on the back explains the charge to the accused, Mathew Duncan: "This is an action brought by Thomas Cargill against you to recover five hundred Dollars for breaking & entering with force & arms the premises of him the said Thomas & taking &...
- 2012-01-27
- Writ of diminution issued to the court of Washington County in the Mississippi Territory (later Alabama), regarding the case between Edwin Lewis and Peter Cartwright.
- 1808-10-31
- Lewis, the plaintiff, had complained about the outcome of the trial: "...suggesting to us that manifest Error had intervened in the record and process, and also in the giving of Judgment of the plea which was before you by our Writ between the said...
- 2010-11-12