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2. African-American slave owners - Wikipedia

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   By 1830, there were 3,775 black (including mixed-race) slaveholders in the South who owned a total of 12,760 slaves, which was a small percentage of a total of over two million slaves then held in the South. [ 5] 80% of the black slaveholders were located in Louisiana, South Carolina, Virginia and Maryland. However, The first "documented slave ...

3. List of plantations in Alabama - Wikipedia

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   The plantation and community were eventually absorbed by Birmingham, a city that Mudd helped establish after the war. 94000690. Atkins' Ridge. Greensboro. 32°41′27″N 87°34′36″W  / . 32.69073°N 87.57666°W. / 32.69073; -87.57666  ( Atkins' Ridge) Hale. Built for John Atkins, a native of Virginia, in 1840.

4. History of slavery in Alabama - Wikipedia

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   Alabama was admitted as the 22nd state on December 14, 1819. Huntsville, Alabama, served as temporary capital from 1819 to 1820, when the seat of government moved to Cahaba in Dallas County. [4] [5] Within 20 years of becoming a state, Alabama was the largest cotton producer in the US, producing 23% of the nation's cotton crop. [6] [7]

5. Huntsville Botanical Garden - Wikipedia

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   The Huntsville Botanical Garden is a 118 acres (480,000 m 2) botanical garden located at 4747 Bob Wallace Avenue, Huntsville, Alabama, near the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. It is open year-round for a fee. The garden is ranked third on the list of Alabama's top paid tourist attractions, receiving 353,841 visitors in 2018.

6. Alabama A&M University - Wikipedia

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   Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University ( Alabama A&M or AAMU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Normal, Huntsville, Alabama. [ 6][ 7] Founded in 1875, it took its present name in 1969. It was one of about 180 "normal schools" founded by state governments in the 19th century to train teachers for the rapidly growing ...

7. McCrary House - Wikipedia

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   June 1, 1982. Designated ARLH. January 31, 1979 [2] The McCrary House (also known as McVille) is a historic farm house near Huntsville in Madison County, Alabama. Founded after the initial federal land sale in Madison County in 1809, the farm has been in the McCrary family throughout. [3] It was recognized as an Alabama Century & Heritage Farm ...

8. List of Alabama state prisons - Wikipedia

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   Camden Work Release Center. Childersburg Boot & Work Camp. Childersburg Work Release Center. Davis Correctional Facility. Decatur Work Release Center (RENAMED - North Alabama Work Release Center) Elba Work Release Center. Farquhar Cattle Ranch. Frank Lee Youth Center. Hamilton Work Release Center.

9. Black Belt (region of Alabama) - Wikipedia

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   The Black Belt is a region of the U.S. state of Alabama. The term originally referred to the region's rich, black soil, [ 1] much of it in the soil order Vertisols. The term took on an additional meaning in the 19th century, when the region was developed for cotton plantation agriculture, in which the workers were enslaved African Americans.