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  2. Oakwood University - Wikipedia

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    Oakwood University has its origins in the post-Civil and post-slavery effort to fund higher education for African-Americans who had been freed in the South.[8] [3] In response to the counsel of SDA Church co-founder Ellen G. White, [3] a committee was appointed by the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church to buy property and create a school that offers vocational education and ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Big Spring Park (Huntsville, Alabama) - Wikipedia

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    During the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, the spring was Huntsville's water source, due to its massive flow. The Big Spring is the largest limestone spring in North Alabama, [10] with its usual flow between 7 and 20 million US gallons (76,000 m 3) per day, depending on the time of the year. [10]

  5. 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]

  6. List of freedmen's towns - Wikipedia

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    Chief among them was Edward P. McCabe, who envisioned so large a number of African-Americans settling in the territory that it would become a Black-governed state. In Texas, 357 such "freedom colonies" have been located and verified.

  7. 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.

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