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ALABAMA SLAVERY: An Introduction

ALABAMA is highlighted here. Click the above map to view large U.S.A. map.

BRIEF HISTORY
Extensive white settlement of Alabama followed the War of 1812 and the defeat of the Creek Nation. Most of the settlers came from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, pushed by land exhausted through the over-cultivation of cotton and drawn by the rich soil of the Tennessee Valley and the Black Belt. They brought with them slave labor and the plantation system, which were readily transplanted in Alabama. Steady demand for cotton made this product the nation's leading export during the first half of the nineteenth century and solidified the planter elite's sense of self-importance. However, by the eve of the Civil War, Alabama experienced a substantial slave-labor decline and most of the state's farmers owned few, if any, slaves.

References
1. Dr. Cox, Dwayne. A Short History of Alabama Agriculture, 1820-1945. http://www.lib.auburn.edu/archive/aghy/alag.htm

LINKS
AL Genweb: General Alabama genealogical information.
Black Families of Alabama's Black Belt: Butler, Dallas, Lowndes, Marengo, Perry, and Wilcox Co.
Doll's Genealogy Site: focus on Macon Co.
Large Slaveholders of 1860: extraction of many slaveholders in various Alabama counties
The Village: Alabama Slave Project

ALABAMA SLAVE WORKPLACES
Listed by County and Workplace Title Followed by Owner(s). Workplaces with unknown titles are listed as the owner's name (itallicized, first name in parenthesis).

AUTAUGA CO.

Oak Grove: Fitzpatrick

BALDWIN CO.

Ellison: Ellison
(Joseph) Silver Plantation: Silver

BARBOUR CO.

Comer: Comer

BIBB CO.

Yeager:Yeager

CARROLLTON CO.

Coal Fire

COLBERT CO.

Belmont Plantation
Cunningham Plantation
The Oaks

DALLAS CO.

Dallas Co. Links

Dallas Co. , Alabama: Largest Slaveholders From 1860 Slave Census Schedules, Transcribed by Tom Blake http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/aldallas.htm

ELMORE CO.

Herren Hill: Herren

FRANKLIN CO.

Franklin Co. Links

Franklin Co. , Alabama: Largest Slaveholders From 1860 Slave Census Schedules, Transcribed by Tom Blake http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/alfranklin.htm

GREENE CO.

Bellevue
Ben Lomond
Bentwood
Boligee Hill
Briar Place
Canefeild
Chestnut Grove
Croft Place
Fair Hill
Forest Hill
Glen Alpine
Grassdale Plantation
The Grove
Hays
Hill of Hoth

Hohenlinden
Hydro Vista
Midland
Mt. Airy
Nutbush
The Round About Grove
Rose Hill
Rosemont
Sebastopol
Shady Hill
Strawberry Hill: Walton, Webb
Thornhill: Thornton
Woodland

Greene Co. Links

Greene Co., Alabama: Largest Slaveholders From 1860 Slave Census Schedules, Transcribed by Tom Blake http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/algreene.htm

HALE CO.

Gracey House

JEFFERSON CO.

Belser

LAUDERDALE CO.

The Forks of Cypress

Lauderdale Co. Links

Lauderdale Co., Alabama: Largest Slaveholders From 1860 Slave Census Schedules, Transcribed by Tom Blake http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/allauderdale.htm

LAWRENCE CO.

Caledonia Plantation: Jones
Pond Spring: Hickman, Sherrod, Wheeler

Lawrence Co. Links

Lawrence Co., Alabama: Largest Slaveholders From 1860 Slave Census Schedules, Transcribed by Tom Blake http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/allawrence.htm

MADISON CO.

Five Oaks Plantation

MARENGO CO.

Cade
Cedar Grove: Walker
Faunsdale

Marengo Co. Links

Marengo Co., Alabama: Largest Slaveholders From 1860 Slave Census Schedules, Transcribed by Tom Blake http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/almarengo.htm

MOBILE CO.

(Dr.) Odem's Plantation: Odem

MONROE CO.

Monroe Co. Links

Monroe Co., Alabama: Largest Slaveholders From 1860 Slave Census Schedules, Transcribed by Tom Blake http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/almonroe.htm

MONTGOMERY CO.

Nut Hill
The Oaks: McLemore
Rose Hill
Stone Plantation: Stone

Montgomery Co. Links

Montgomery Co., Alabama: Largest Slaveholders From 1860 Slave Census Schedules, Transcribed by Tom Blake http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/almontgomery.htm

PERRY CO.

Ash Grove Plantation
Cedar Lawn Plantation
Deyampert Plantation
Fairhope Plantation: Fowler
Kings Plantation: Pitts
Lodebo: Pitts
Midway Plantation
Oaklawn Plantation
Rurill/ Rural Hill: Pitts
Sugar Hill Plantation
Sunnyside Plantation
Westwood Plantation: Price

RUSSELL CO.

L.A.Cliatt Plantation

TALLADEGA CO.

Brown Plantation: Hyatt, Brown
Stockdale Station: Stockdale

WALKER CO.

Orange Davis Plantation: Davis

WILCOX CO.

Gee's Bend: Gee, Pettway
Kilpatrick Plantation

WHERE TO FIND ALABAMA SLAVERY RECORDS

Black Families of Alabama's Black Belt. B.J. Smothers. http://www.prairiebluff.com/blackbelt/perry.html: various transcribed plantation records from Butler, Dallas, Lowndes, Marengo, Perry, and Wilcox Counties.