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Moreover, the introduction of convict-lease system also provided Alabama's iron and steel manufacturers with abundant cheap labour. [6] The convict-lease system functioned in the state and counties of Alabama between 1875 and 1928, through which iron manufacturers paid to the local governments in exchange for prison labour. [15]
Most date from after 1900, with the exception of the Robert P. Cain Mercantile store (built 1859) and the building that housed Madison's first drug store (built 1871). The houses in the district represent popular styles of the late 1800s and early 1900s, including Queen Anne, Folk Victorian, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and American ...
Alabama: The History of a Deep South State (3rd ed. 2018; 1st ed. 1994), 816pp; the standard scholarly history online older edition; online 2018 edition; Alabama State Department of Education. History of Education in Alabama (Bulletin 1975, No. 7.O) Online free; Bridges, Edwin C. Alabama: The Making of an American State (2016) 264pp excerpt
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Alabama that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
Possibly the state's oldest surviving religious building. [27] [28] Indian Springs Road, Beatrice, AL 36425, United States Old Rock Jail: Rockford: 1825 Jail The state's oldest jail. [29] Lassiter House: Autaugaville: 1825 House One of the state's earliest examples of the I-house form. [30] Vincent-Doan House: Mobile: 1827 House
The site of Fort Decatur, an earthen fort established in March 1814 as part of the Creek War and the larger War of 1812, is located on the banks of the Tallapoosa River near modern-day Milstead.
The Jackson Historic District is a historic district in the city of Jackson, Alabama, United States. Jackson was founded in 1816 and is the oldest incorporated settlement in Clarke County . The historic district features examples of Greek Revival , Queen Anne , Colonial Revival , and regional vernacular architecture. [ 2 ]
Battelle was once a thriving mining community which was spread in a north – south line along the foot of Lookout Mountain five miles north of Valley Head, Alabama. At the beginning of the 20th century, Battelle included hundreds of houses, a school, a commissary, a hotel and post office, in addition to the furnace and coke ovens.