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(Transcribed handwritten, unedited story by a WPA writer in the 1930s – please remember the time period in which it was written) Mr. and…
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REV. WH. T. BIBB BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1853 – aft. 1903) Montgomery County, Alabama Rev. Wh. T. Bibb, son of Linzy and Caroline Bibb,…
REV. JOHN BELLE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. ca. 1840) Northern Alabama Rev. John Belle, of Courtland, was born in the State of Georgia and came to Alabama after…
REV. WILLIAM C. BRADFORD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1862 - aft. 1896) Bullock, Montgomery, & Tuscaloosa Counties, Alabama Rev. William C. Bradford, pastor of the First Colored…
(WARNING! This WPA interviewer made an attempt in this interview to capture the dialect of this former slave and may be offensive to readers…
( Transcribed from Advertiser and Register, Mobile, Alabama, March 13, 1840) COMMITTED to the Jail of Marion County, on the 20th day of October…
PATRON + The story from ex-slave & preacher, 94-year-old J. B. Watson, who lived in a shack in Mobile 1939 (WARNING! This WPA interviewer…
STORY OF JULIA BAKER EX-SLAVE by Mary A. Poole Written ca 1937 WPA AUTHOR (WARNING! This WPA interviewer made an attempt in this interview…
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(WARNING! This WPA interviewer made an attempt in this interview to capture the dialect of this former slave and may be offensive to readers…
(WARNING! During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and life history…
(WARNING! During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and life history…
(WARNING! During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and life history…
(WARNING! During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and life history…
(WARNING! This WPA interview may have words offensive to readers today. We have transcribed the words exactly as written. Please consider the time and…
Excerpt from The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama – Their Leaders and Their Work copyright 1896 THE ST. PHILLIP STREET CHURCH, SELMA…
REV. F. A. CHAPMAN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1843-aft. 1896) Morgan County, Alabama Rev. F. A. Chapman, of Flint, Morgan County, Ala., was born in the…
DR. LINCOLN LACONIA BURWELL BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (October 25, 1867- March 6, 1928) Marengo and Perry County, and North Carolina Dr. L. L. Burwell,…
Happy Birthday! REV. J. C. CURRY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1852-aft. 1896) Shelby, Marion, and Montgomery County, Alabama Rev. J. C. Curry, of Mount Meigs, Montgomery…
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THE BUFORD EXPEDITION TO KANSASi By Walter Lynwood Fleming Written ca. 1901 West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia Part I By the Kansas-Nebraska…
REV. AUGUSTUS A. BATTLE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1860 - aft. 1896) Calhoun, Talladega, Russell County, Alabama Rev. Augustus A. Battle, of Hurtsboro, Russell County, the son…
The rise of the African American Baptist church in Mobile, Alabama after Civil War. Excerpt from The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama…
Excerpt from The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama – Their Leaders and Their Work copyright 1896 – NOTE: This book contains many…
