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- "Negroes Riot in Gadsden to Protest Doom."
- 1931 April 10
- This article discusses the rioting in the Etowah County jail by eight of the "Scottsboro Boys," who had been convicted and given the death penalty: "When finally quieted and asked what was the matter, one of the negroes replied, 'We just don't like...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Advertisement for two captured slaves, submitted by Clark Bobo, jailor of Franklin County, Alabama.
- 1846 March 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."
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Excerpts from A DIGEST OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, compiled by John G. Akin.
- 1833
- Included here are the title page and the slave code of 1833, which also gives laws governing "free persons of color."
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Excerpts from THE CODE OF ALABAMA, compiled by John J. Ormond, Arthur P. Bagby, and George Goldthwaite.
- 1852
- Included here are the title page and the slave code of 1852, which also gives laws governing "free negroes" and "free colored mariners."
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from William Witherington to James Dellet in Claiborne, Alabama.
- 1837 May 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...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter to James Dellet, informing him that his slave Barry had escaped with others the previous night.
- 1832 March 31
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from J. P. Booth to James Dellet in Claiborne, Alabama.
- 1835 August 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...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from John J. Roach to James Dellet in Claiborne, Alabama.
- 1835 December 9
- In the letter Roach asks Dellet to represent a captured runaway slave at his trial.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letters from S. Gibbons in Mobile, Alabama, to James Dellet in Claiborne, Alabama.
- 1838 June
- 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.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Strung Up."
- 1889 January 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.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Judge W. W. Callahan in Decatur, Alabama, to Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1933 November 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...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Accused Ravishing Huntsville Girls."
- 1931 March 25
- This article gives details about the arrest of the "Scottsboro Boys" and their alleged assault of Ruby Bates and Victoria Price ("one of the most brutal attacks in the history of the Tennessee Valley").
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "How the Nine Arrests at Scottsboro Were Effected."
- 1931 March 26
- This article gives an account of the arrest of the "Scottsboro Boys," which was submitted by a traveling salesman. It describes the appearance and behavior of the nine young men and the two women they were accused of assaulting, and it mentions...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Revolting in Last Degree in Story of Girls."
- 1931 March 26
- This article gives details about the arrest of the "Scottsboro Boys" and their alleged assault of Ruby Bates and Victoria Price ("one of the most horrible ever perpetrated in the United States"). Three National Guard companies were called up to...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Death Penalty Properly Demanded in Fiendish Crime of Nine Burly Negroes."
- 1931 March 27
- This article discusses the upcoming trial of the nine "Scottsboro Boys," were were falsely charged with assaulting two white women on a train. The piece commends the local citizens for allowing the authorities to handle the matter, promising that...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Judge J. A. Hawkins Undaunted By Threatening Telegrams From International Labor Defense."
- 1931 April 13
- This article discusses a message sent by the International Labor Defense, demanding the release of the recently convicted "Scottsboro Boys." The nine young men were falsely charged with the "criminal assault" of two white women on a train, and...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Workers--White and Negro Unite to Win!"
- 1934
- Advertisement for a May Day rally sponsored by the International Labor Defense, to be held Birmingham, Alabama, on May 1. The flier encourages unity among workers of both races to "Defy the terror and Jim Crow orders of the bosses" and to resist...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "For Higher Wages! For Unemployment Insurance! For Recognition of the Labor Unions!!"
- 1934
- Advertisement for a May Day rally sponsored by the Communist Party in Birmingham, Alabama. The flier encourages unity among workers of both races because "united action of white and Negro workers is the way to win." It also includes a copy of the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Packet of materials submitted to Governor Joseph F. Johnston, to request the pardon of Cudjo Lewis, who was convicted of manslaughter.
- 1900 July - August
- 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...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- 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...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection