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Date: 1816-1858 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The records of Ulcanush Baptist Church. The records include church membership, rules of decorum and church conference minutes. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1863 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Judging from the inventory, Rembert was a large slaveholder. Names of the slaves listed include Levenia, Busty, Molly, Joanna, Peter, Jack, Judy, Delia, Horace, John, Sue, Paris, Harritt, Armstead, Chany, Drucilla, Liddia, Nancy, Julia, Richmond, Hester, Jennett, Prince, Charles, Cato, Penny, Hen... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: King, William R. (William Rufus), 1786-1853 Date: 1848-08-26 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: <p> William Rufus King (1786-1853) was elected as Vice President of the United States under President Franklin Pierce in 1852, becoming the only Alabamian to ever be elected to executive office. Earlier, King served as a U.S. representative from North Carolina and as a senator from Alabama. He al... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1834 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The note also lists the fee of $1.00 "for whipping said slave by order of the Justices." View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1845-03-18 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: In the letter Mark H. Pettway writes to his wife Marina C. Pettway about his travels along the Alabama River near Wilcox County. Pettway describes the land and its people, writing "on comeing down the Alabama River there is apparently a great deal of cotton and wealth in this country - though the... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1862-08-09 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The document mentions George Hamer, Hagar Southard's husband. It is believed George Hamer was one of the enslaved laborers that worked on the construction of the state capitol building in Tuscaloosa. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Collier, H. W. (Henry Watkins), 1801-1855 Date: 1854-12-25 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The names of the slaves listed are Aggy and Addison. Henry W. Collier was governor from 1849 to 1853. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1864-10-11 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The order was to “increase the efficiency of the army by the employment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities…”. The document includes the numbers of slaves that needed to be obtained from each county “in order to make up the twenty-five hundred required for the State”. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1838-12-03 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Document is an 1838 bill of sale for slaves “Judy and her three children” to future Governor of Alabama Geroge S. Houston (1874-1878). The purchase was made at a public auction in Limestone County, Alabama. The names of the slaves listed are Judy and her three children: Surry, Rhoda, and Saphrona. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1851-11-01 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: This document is an 1851 bill of sale for a slave named Lucy. Lucy was purchased by future Alabama Governor George S. Houston (1874-1878). The seller of Lucy was a man by the name of John A. Johnson. View Full Item at Samford University Library
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