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Bibb County, Alabama : The First Hundred Years
This model county history chronicles one hundred years in the life of a representative Deep South county. The history of Bibb County between 1818 and 1918 is in many ways representative of the experience of central Alabama during that period. Bibb County shares physical characteristics with the area...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
2015.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Illustrations; Preface; 1. The Land and Its Indians; 2. Arrival of the Squatters; 3. Early County Government; 4. Mrs. Chotard's River Town; 5. Search for a Permanent County Seat; 6. Pioneer Life and Occupations; 7. Early Churches; 8. Antebellum Schools; 9. Slavery; 10. Economic Growth, 1835-1860; 11. Culture, Changing and Unchanged, 1835-1860; 12. In the Confederate Army; 13. On the Confederate Home Front; 14. Conflicts during Reconstruction; 15. Revival of Agriculture and Industry; 16. The Coal-Mining Towns; 17. The Turbulent 1890s; 18. The County Seat in the Early 1900s.
- 19. At War with the KaiserConclusion; Appendixes; I. Revolutionary Soldiers Who Settled in Bibb County; II. County Jury Venire: 1819, 1820, 1821; III. Charge Customers of James C.C. Wiley before 1829; IV. Patients of Dr. David R. Boyd, 1829, and His Successor, 1836; V. Owners of Slaves (20 or More) in 1850; VI. Citizens in Certain Vocations in 1860; VII. Muster Rolls of Certain Confederate Companies; VIII. Bibb's State Militia Roll, November 25, 1865; IX. Business and Professional Directory of Blocton, 1905-1906; X. Mayors of West Blocton, 1901-1982; XI. County Judges, 1818-1982.
- XII. County Sheriffs, 1818-1982XIII. Senators and Representatives in Legislature, 1818-1982; Notes; Bibliography; Index.