Ante-Bellum Alabama


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GIFT LOCAL 04-12-2006 $23.99.







Clearing the Thickets


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An accessible and interesting survey of the rise of the state of Alabama from frontier society to the Civil War.




Ante-bellum Alabama


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Ante-bellum Mansions of Alabama


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51 ante-bellum mansions are described and illustrated with black and white photographs and in some cases, floor plans. Maps show the locations of the mansions with seven regions of Alabama.




Ante-bellum Athens, Alabama


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Notorious Antebellum North Alabama


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Before the Civil War, North Alabama was infamous for lawlessness. The era saw courts filled with defendants who spanned the socioeconomic gamut--farmers, merchants and politicians. In 1811, John B. Haynes tore apart William Badger's house with his bare hands. Rodah Barnett ran a series of ill-reputed brothels in the early 1820s. In 1818, Rebecca Layman "accidentally" gave her husband sulfuric acid instead of rum. There is even a case of assault with frozen corn. Author John O'Brien relays these and more stories of the shady side of North Alabama during the antebellum period.