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The State Campaign FH Thu Mar 28 1901 p 4.jpg
A Series of articles from the Florence Herald, Florence Times and Sheffield Reaper on the 1901 Alabama Constitutional Convention and African-American disenfranchisement.

The True Issue FG Wed Apr 10 1861 p 2.jpg
An April 4, 1861 Florence Gazette reprint of an earlier, Valley Sentinel (a newspaper from Virginia) article, arguing that the main issue behind Southern secession and the impending war was "abolition with the north or slavery with the south. There…

A Recent Survey FH Thu May 21 1959 p 1.jpg
A May 21, 1959 Florence Herald report that a recent survey indicates that, out of 17,000 registered voters in Lauderdale County there is a higher percentage of registered black voters (20%) per capita than registered white voters (13.4%) per capita.…

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A November 25, 1868 reprint of a "card" originally placed in the Florence, AL LIterary Index on September 30, 1868 by Florence freedman Martin Conner/Connor (ca. 1821-), who stated that:

"I wish to say that I was a member of the Union League, but…

Aug 26 1868 Lit Index Mass Democrat Meeting.JPG
An August 26, 1868 Florence, AL Literary Index newspaper announcement by the Democratic Party of Lauderdale of an upcoming mass meeting and barbecue to be held Tuesday, September 1, 1868, at which several notable speakers would be present, including…

Flor AL Lit Index Aug 26 1868 Colored Mens Club.JPG
An August 26, 1868 Florence, AL Literary Index newspaper article regarding the aim on the part of a group of Florence freedmen to found a "Seymour and Blair political club."

Former New York Governor Horatio Seymour (1810-1886) and Francis…

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This is a collection of articles about the Know-Nothing Party in Lauderdale County and editor Charles Wheeler of the American Democrat.

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These are articles relating to the 1901 Alabama constitutional convention, which effectively disenfranchised most African Americans in Alabama.

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This is a letter to the editor of the Florence Times from Judge J.J. Mitchell, explaining that he felt the Florence voter registration book had been stolen by people who did not want African Americans to vote in the constitutional convention…
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