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Historical and Genealogical Documents for Florence Resident and former Morgan County, Alabama Confederate Camp Slave or Body Servant Reuben Patterson (ca. 1837-1928).
A collection of documents pertaining to former enslaved person Reuben Patterson.
Reuben Patterson (ca. 1837-1928), was born the slave of Andrew Malcolm Patterson (ca. 1791-1858) of Somerville, in Morgan County, Alabama. Reuben’s mother’s name was…
Crime Notices from the Lauderdale Times and Florence Times-Journal from 1871-1874 Involving Local African-Americans
A Collection of Crimes Notices, Jurors' Lists, etc., from the Lauderdale Times and Florence Times-Journal newspapers involving African-Americans.
Documents Recording the Enslaved Community of Sweetwater Plantation
A Collection of Primary and Secondary Historical Records Documenting the Enslaved Community at Sweetwater Plantation in Florence.
Sweetwater Mansion is one of the most historically significant sites in Lauderdale County. Construction on the…
Della Watkins Donley--Belle Mont Mansion Seamstress
The 1957-1959 Handy Heights Urban Renewal Project by the City of Florence Housing Authority
A series of Florence Herald and Florence Times articles on the Handy Heights Urban Renewal/Redevelopment Project of the Florence City Housing Authority of the late 1950s.
This urban renewal project, one of the first in the nation, initiated by the…
Crime Notices involving Local African-Americans 1865-1870 from the Florence Journal and Literary Index.
A Series of articles involving local African-Americans accused of crimes or victims of crimes, as reported by the Florence Journal. and Literary Index
The Florence Journal was founded ca. September or October of 1865 by Florence educator and…
The Killing of Sheffield, Alabama Resident Autrey Broaden on January 5, 1927.
A Series of documents chronicling the shooting of Autry Broaden by Officer MJ Mitchell on January 5, 1927.
According to noted Yale Professor of Music and Sheffield, Alabama native Willie Ruff on pages 22-23 of his autobiography A Call to Assembly,…
Negro Veteran Buried with Military Honors
The Thursday, December 6, 1951 Florence (AL) Herald obituary of Cpl. James Oakley of Florence, who was killed combat in Korea in February of 1951.
The June 18, 1966 Shootings of Rev. Robert Gregory and Dewey Armstrong at Morning Side MB Church
A Series of newspaper articles chronicling the Saturday, June 18, 1966 shooting of Rev. Robert Gregory, pastor of Morning Side Missionary Baptist Church, 526 Blair Street, East Florence, and parishioner Dewey Armstead.
The shootings occurred…
Thoughts on Slavery by a former Florence-Lauderdale Slaveholder in 1890 from a letter titled "Florence."
A letter to the editor of the Waukesha Journal, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, of Wednesday, April 12, 1890, written by Mrs. S. B. Bradley, a resident of Waukesha, at the time a visitor in Florence. In her letter Mrs. Bradley gives a brief overview of…
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