Welcome to Shoals Black History
This collection contains items connected to recreational activities and sports as they relate to African American life in the Shoals.
This is a list of enslaved people that Andrew Jackson Hutchings paid taxes on in 1824. Hutchings (1813-1841) was the grandnephew and ward of Andrew…
This is a bill of sale for six enslaved people. Samuel Hill of North Carolina was paid $1600 by John Coffee for these people, who were: Judy, 28, and…
This is a bill of sale between Hanson Thrasher of Lauderdale County, Alabama and John Coffee for the exchange of two enslaved persons: Milly, aged 22,…
