By 1850, total cotton production in Alabama was 564,429 bales on 4,4 million acres, with 16,100 cotton plantations in the state. Cotton production doubled in the state from 1850 to 1860, with ...

Black students at Alabama colleges get racist texts about cotton, plantations after Trump win. Updated: Nov. 07, 2024, 5:38 p.m.

*Sigh.* Black people around the US are sharing screenshots of texts they received from unknown numbers, all of which direct them to report to the "nearest plantation" and "pick cotton." The first ...

You have been selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation. Be ready at 1:00 pm SHARP with your belongings. Our Executive Slaves will come get you in a Brown Van, be prepared to be searched ...

Descendants of enslaved families returned to Durham's Stagville Plantation, ... ordered 114 enslaved people to walk from Stagville to his newly-purchased cotton plantation in western Alabama.

The idea of cotton fields and plantations doesn’t carry the same weight of history for her. This Thanksgiving, her mother and brothers came down to Alabama so we could celebrate the day with all ...

The park in Montgomery, Alabama, ... The exhibits include two 170-year-old cabins that housed enslaved families on a cotton plantation, a whipping post, ...

The Dayton%2C Ohio%2C brothers built the world%27s first successful airplane%2C needed to train pilots; They chose a former cotton plantation near the Alabama River because of mild climate ...

SELMA, Ala., Aug. 6.--The first bale of the new cotton crop was received here yesterday morning. It was raised in this (Dallas) county on the plantation of Woodruff North, prominent cotton factors ...