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- Excerpt from "Alabama in the 1830's as Recorded by British Travellers," Volume 31, Number 4 of the Birmingham-Southern College Bulletin, December 1938.
- 1938 December
- This passage includes an excerpt of a travel narrative by James S. Buckingham, a British author. In it Buckingham describes a visit through east central Alabama, giving details about the landscape, accommodations, and traveling conditions along the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Excerpts from THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK: ESSAYS AND SKETCHES by W. E. B. Du Bois.
- 1909
- In the passage Du Bois critiques Booker T. Washington's methods for the education and assimilation of African Americans in society: "...it has been claimed that the Negro can survive only through submission. Mr. Washington distinctly asks that...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Excerpts from SANITATION IN PANAMA by William Crawford Gorgas.
- 1915
- In the passages Gorgas gives a brief history of yellow fever in the United States, particularly in the Mississippi Valley region, and discusses the economic impact of the disease. He then focuses on Cuba, which had suffered recurring epidemics...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Excerpts from LIFE AND TIMES OF GEN. SAM. DALE, THE MISSISSIPPI PARTISAN by J. F. H. Claiborne.
- 1860
- From Claiborne's preface to the work: "As originally written, the narrative was almost literally in his [Dale's] own words. In the present memoir I have preserved his language in many parts, and faithfully expressed his opinions." The first passage...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Excerpts from A SECOND VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA by Sir Charles Lyell, an English geologist.
- 1846 February
- In the passages Lyell describes the physical characteristics of the Tombigbee River and gulf coast in Alabama; discrimination against African Americans in both the North and the South; implications of emancipation for the economic and social...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Excerpt from THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN: A STUDY OF CHILD LABOR by Bessie Van Vorst.
- 1908
- In this passage Van Vorst describes living and working conditions for employees of a textile mill in Anniston, Alabama. She gives specific details about the housing and operation of the factory, and she includes several interviews with children who...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Pages from the manuscript of BOYS OF THE 90'S by Thomas Klinge.
- 1975 circa
- In this autobiography, Klinge describes notable people and events in the history of Montgomery, Alabama. The pages included here mention William Jennings Bryan's visit to Montgomery, the election of President William McKinley, a yellow fever...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Copy of a letter from Thomas J. Jessup in Nashville, Tennessee, to Andrew Jackson.
- 1845 May 30
- Jessup has been accused of "having by a course of intrigue obtained the command of the army in the Creek War in 1836; and of having, in the same way, caused the removal of General Scott from the command of that army." In the letter he asks Jackson...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from James and Peggy Young in the Abbeville District of South Carolina, to Thomas and Elizabeth Baskin.
- 1819 January 5
- In the letter the Youngs give news of acquaintances and family members, and they mention that "a heap of people here has got the Alabama fever." A transcript of the letter is included.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Pages from the diary of Jessie Cook Williamson Nunnelee.
- 1849 March - June
- In the diary Nunnelee mentions weather conditions; the planting of crops such as watermelons and cotton; goods he has bought and bills he has paid; letters he has written; community events such as a church fair and a funeral; the birth of his...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Martha Simmons to her niece, Annie.
- 1858 March 30
- In the letter Martha describes upcoming weddings and church activities, and she gives news of neighbors and family members. She mentions one family who will be leaving Alabama to move to California.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Transcript of a letter from Alexander McGillivray to Colonel Brown, the British superintendent at Pensacola, Florida.
- 1780 May 13
- In the letter McGillivray describes the efforts of the Creek Indian soldiers against the Spanish forces and the difficult living conditions his troops endure: "Owing to their being fed entirely upon salt provisions, the bad water about Pensacola,...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Transcript of a letter from Alexander McGillivray to a British official.
- 1783 April 10
- In the letter McGillivray describes a recent meeting of the Creek Indian chiefs and the efforts of the Georgia legislature to take control of Creek lands. He calls on their British allies for support against the Americans: "Georgia and Carolina in...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Transcript of a letter from Alexander McGillivray to John Leslie.
- 1784 September 20
- In the letter McGillivray discusses improved relations with the Spanish government; an address he sent to the Georgia legislature, to which he and the Creek Indians are awaiting a reply; and business opportunities in St. Augustine, Pensacola, New...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Transcript of a letter from Alexander McGillivray to Governor Zéspedes.
- 1785 August 22
- In the letter McGillivray describes American attempts take Indian lands: "The gaining of these Creeks Nations over to them is more immediately an object of their policy & to effect which purpose they have held forth the most tempting baits to my...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Excerpt from TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN THE BLACK BELT, the autobiography of William J. Edwards.
- 1918
- Included here is Chapter 20, "The Negro and the World War." The chapter begins by describing African American support for the war effort, but then turns to a discussion of democracy, equality, and civil rights: "Before the war, two expressions were...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from James Martin in Mobile, Alabama, to James Dellet in Washington, D.C.
- 1844 March 29
- In the letter Martin comments on Dellet's rebuke of John Quincy Adams over his recent speech to African American citizens in Pittsburgh: "His expressed wish that the day of blood and carnage might come upon the South by a servile war is I think...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letters from the firm of Donald and Marshall in Mobile, Alabama, to James Dellet in Washington, D.C.
- 1844 May 4
- The first letter announces the opening of Donald and Marshall, a "factorage and commission business" specializing in the sale of cotton, bagging and rope, and general household goods. An endorsement from Jeremiah Austill, who is retiring from this...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Pleasant Bullard in Claiborne, Alabama, to James Dellet in Washington, D.C.
- 1844 May 23
- In the letter Bullard, an overseer for Dellet, discusses the cotton and corn crops; the lack of rain in the area; the number of hogs on the plantation; the behavior of the slaves; and new clothing that has been ordered for them. At the time the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Isaac Newton Morgan at Camp Pierce in Athens, Alabama, to Thomas Morgan in Harrison County, Ohio.
- 1862 May 22
- During the Civil War, Isaac Morgan served in Company C of the 37th Indiana Infantry Regiment. In the letter he describes fighting the "secesh" in north Alabama. He mentions camp activities and duties in Athens; Union soldiers who were captured and...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection