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In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her…
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North Carolina honored him as Songwriter of the Year in 2005 [In September 2005, 84-year old Curtis L. Stewart, native Alabamian, traveled to North…
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The following is from the Birmingham Iron Age newspaper on May 20, 1875. It must have taken hours to count and could be done…
The following has been transcribed from Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society: New series Volume 4 By Alabama Historical Society 1904 THE HISTORY OF…
The oldest surviving court records in America were used to write this historical fiction series about a family whose descendants migrated to Alabama before…
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Excerpt from The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama – Their Leaders and Their Work copyright 1896 THE ST. PHILLIP STREET CHURCH, SELMA…
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Churches were important in Early Alabama. Many different religions were established as citizens moved to the state. (Excerpts below were transcribed precisely (with spelling errors…
Faith and Courage: 2nd Edition -presents the religious persecution of Quakers in Pre-Revolutionary War days of America intertwined with a love story. The characters…
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