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4. Republican factionalism and black empowerment: The Spencer-Warner controversy and Alabama...

Author

Fitzgerald, Michael W.

Subjects
*HISTORY of political parties, ALABAMA state history
Abstract

Examines the internal dissension among the Republican coalition over patronage and the response of the African American community, towards this internal conflict, in Alabama, during the period 1868 to 1880. Impact that the internal conflict among Republicans signified for black empowerment; Role that Willard Warner and George E. Spencer played in the internal conflict.

Published
1998
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5. Slaveholding operatives of the benevolent empire: Bible, tract, and Sunday school societies in...

Author

Quist, John W.

Subjects
*ALMSHOUSES, *SLAVERY & the church, ALABAMA state history
Abstract

Discusses the development, dynamics, and membership of benevolent associations in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Early hostility displayed by some Alabamians toward these societies; Economy as a greater influence on the vigor of benevolence than the peculiarities of slavery; Focus on the characteristics and beliefs of those who were involved in such benevolent undertakings.

Published
1996
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6. A Jacksonian democrat in postbellum Alabama: The ideology and...

Author

Webb, Samuel L.

Subjects
*AMERICAN Civil War, 1861-1865, ALABAMA state history
Abstract

Discusses the ideology and the influence of Robert Mckee in relation to post-Civil War issues in Alabama. Background information on McKee; Information on status and effects of Jacksonian ideas; Foundation of Mills Thornton's arguments; Insight on McKee's editorial attacks on state policies; Insight on McKee's military career.

Published
1996
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10. War's Desolating Scourge: The Union's Occupation of North Alabama.

Author

SLAP, ANDREW L.

Subjects
*AMERICAN Civil War, 1861-1865, *MILITARY occupation, *NONFICTION, *NINETEENTH century, *HISTORY, ALABAMA state history
Abstract

A review of the book "War's Desolating Scourge: The Union's Occupation of North Alabama," by Joseph W. Danielson, which is part of the Modem War Studies series, is presented.

Published
2013

18. Alabama Getaway: The Political Imaginary and the Heart of Dixie.

Author

EAGLES, CHARLES W.

Subjects
*NONFICTION, ALABAMA state history
Abstract

A review of the book "Alabama Getaway: The Political Imaginary and the Heart of Dixie," part of the Politics and Culture in the Twentieth-Century South series, by Allen Tullos is presented.

Published
2012

19. Taming Alabama: Lawyers and Reformers, 1804-1929.

Author

CONNOLLY JR., DAVID H.

Subjects
*NONFICTION, ALABAMA state history
Abstract

A review of the book "Taming Alabama: Lawyers & Reformers 1804-1929," by Paul M. Pruitt Jr., introduction by G. Ward Hubbs, is presented.

Published
2011

22. Blocton: The History of an Alabama Coal Mining Town.

Author

DAY, JAMES SANDERS

Subjects
*MINING towns, *NONFICTION, *HISTORY, ALABAMA state history
Abstract

A review of the book "Blocton: The History of an Alabama Coal Mining Town," new edition, by Charles Edward Adams, is presented.

Published
2013

23. A Walk to Freedom (Book Review).

Subjects
*NONFICTION, ALABAMA state history
Abstract

Reviews the book 'A Walk to Freedom: The Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth and the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights, 1956-1964,' introduction by Marjorie L. White.

Published
2001

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