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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CA9_the-domestic-slave-trade-slave-transportation-to-montgomery_Montgomery-AL.html
Side 1The Domestic Slave TradeBeginning in the seventeenth century, millions of African people were kidnapped, sold into slavery, and shipped to the Americas as part of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. In 1808, the united States Congress banned the …
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(side 1)Bernard Whitehurst and the Whitehurst Case On December 2, 1975, Bernard Whitehurst was shot to death by a police officer in Montgomery, Alabama. He died behind a house on Holcombe Street, running from police officers who mistakenly beli…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BAS_brigadier-general-birkett-davenport-fry-csa-colonel-b-d-fry-at-battle-of-gettysburg_Montgomery-AL.html
(side 1)Brigadier General Birkett Davenport Fry, CSA Born Virginia; educated VMI and West Point; fought in Mexico; practiced law in California; married Alabamian whose family owned the Tallassee cotton mill; served as general in Walker's ill-fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B9O_naming-the-city-of-montgomery-brigadier-general-richard-montgomery_Montgomery-AL.html
Naming the City of Montgomery Montgomery named for Richard Montgomery, firstAmerican general killed in the Revolutionary War.In 1819, the Alabama Legislature combined New Philadelphia and East Alabama to form Montgomery.Walter B. Lucas, later o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B7P_elijah-cook-city-of-montgomery-v-rosa-parks_Montgomery-AL.html
Elijah CookBorn a slave in Wetumpka in 1833, Elijah Cook became a leader in Montgomery's African American community. Credited with helping to establish the city's first school for blacks in the basement of the Old Ship AME Zion Church in 1865, he …
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Here on May 24, 1703, Alabama Indians ambushed the first French explorers from Mobile, killing three and wounding two critically. The Indians were armed and were used as pawns by British agents from Carolina in the European struggle for dominion o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17RR_thunderbird-park_Montgomery-AL.html
Dedicated by the people of Montgomery to the skilled pilots — past, present and Future — who risk and give their lives to demonstrate the capabilities of air power to the American people. The Thunderbirds: the Air Force's Ambassadors i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16ML_the-first-white-house-of-the-confederacy_Montgomery-AL.html
On this site stood the First White House of the Confederacy William Sayre built his townhouse here between 1832 and 1835. On February 21, 1861, the provisional Confederate Congress leased it for the Executive Residence. President Jefferson Davi…
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After Horseshoe Bend defeat, Creeks ceded millions of acres to United States. Cotton was in great demand. This area ideal for crop which is still planted on peninsular across river. In 1817, lands went on sale. Andrew Dexter, Massachusetts lawyer,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15IX_ministers-home-dr-martin-luther-king_Montgomery-AL.html
Side AHouse built circa 1912. It has been the home of the ministers of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church since 1919. Its most famous occupant, Dr. Martin Luther King , lived here from Sept. 1954-Feb. 1960. During this time he lead the Bus Boycott launc…
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