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These are listings from the Florence business directory from 1913. The African American businesses are denoted by an asterisk.
These are items related to the African American farmers association.
This is a photograph of Bob Carl Bailey at the pool hall that he owned in Leighton, Alabama.
Florence historian Lee Freeman notes: "Charles Posey, Sr. (1824-1904), a former slave of the late Judge Sidney C. Posey of Lauderdale, a farmer who…
This is a newspaper clipping about Charles Posey, Jr.. Florence historian Lee Freeman notes: Charles Posey, Jr. (1851-1934) a son of former slave…
This is a newspaper article about Martin Lee, who brought a few of his "stone peaches" to the editor of the Florence Republican.
Florence historian Lee Freeman notes: "Wash Barnett, a black sharecropper on the Falk & Litten (Jewish merchants of Florence) farm in Colbert's…
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Florence African American businesses, 1913
Washboard
African American farmers association
Bob Carl Bailey at his pool hall in Leighton
Wilk Kernachan, cotton farmer
Charles Posey, Sr., cotton farmer
Reuben Hines, cotton grower
Charles Posey, Jr., farmer
Martin Lee's peaches
Wash Barnett and the first bale of cotton, 1872