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Alias Simon Suggs
When these words were written everybody had read or heard of Simon Suggs, the shifty man whose antics had been recorded in many a gusty tale of Alabama frontier life which had …
The Creek War of 1813 and 1814
This account of the Creek War of 1813 and 1814 includes introductory material and a bibliography revised to reflect the advances in scholarship since the 1969 edition. The facsmile …
The Marengo Jake Stories
Between 1885 and 1894 The Montgomery Advertiser, The Birmingham-Age Herald, and The New Orleans Times Democrat featured a series of about 80 humorous black-dialect sketches by …
Stephen S. Renfroe
"This vignette of local southern history . . . recounts Renfroe's career as sheriff of Sumter County for a little more than two years, followed by six years of bizarre activities …
Slavery in Alabama
Examines the social and economic aspects of slavery in Alabama. After a discussion of slavery under the imperial rulers of the colonial and territorial periods, Sellers focuses on …
Black Education in Alabama, 1865-1901
This history of black education in post-Civil War Alabama illustrates the history of goals in post-secondary institutions and the appropriateness of vocational or liberal arts …
They Live on the Land
First published in 1940 as part of the information-gathering effort of the TVA, the work examines Gorgas, Alabama, a predominantly white farming settlement. Hailed as the most …
Negro Education in Alabama
Written by a scholar who lived and worked in both the South and the North of the US during and after the time of Jim Crow laws, this study on higher education for African-Americans …
Bourbon Democracy in Alabama, 1874-90
Hailed as the definitive study of the subject when it appeared in 1951, Bourbon Democracy in Alabama analyzes and describes the state government of Alabama during the Bourbon …
The Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi
Joseph Glover Baldwin left his native Virginia as a young man in 1836 for the booming frontier of the Old Southwest, settling first in DeKalb, Mississippi, and then in 1839 in …
Julia S. Tutwiler and Social Progress in Alabama
This biography traces the life of Julia Strudwick Tutwiler (1841-1916) from her childhood in Alabama through her pioneering accomplishments as a teacher, administrator, and …