Alabama Slavery Newspaper Articles

— Two slaves, mother and son, arrived in Boston a few days ago. They had been given their freedom by their owner, a citizen of Mobile, Alabama, who also presented them with an order on a gentleman in Boston for $100. [Douglas Monthly, Aug. 1, 1860, submitted by: Candi H. - 2008]

— A secret society of negroes was recently broken up by the police, at Mobile, Ala, and five of their number have been arrested. The discovery caused great excitement among the slaveholders, as they thought that the negroes in that region had been secretly preparing for a general insurrection. The society was called the `Evening Star,' and its objects were simply to take care of the sick and bury the dead of their people. [Douglass' Monthly, Rochester N.Y., Sept. 1860 - contributed by: Candi H. -2008]

— One hundred and sixty-six negroes, belonging to the estate of Samuel Townsend, were recently sold at Huntsville, Ala.—the average price being $823 14 apiece. [Douglass' Monthly, Rochester N.Y., Jan. 1861]

— The Senate of Alabama has passed, a bill requiring all free negroes to leave the State by the 1st of January, 1862, or be sold into slavery. [Douglas Monthly, Rochester, N.Y., Feb. 1861 - Contributed by a Friend of Free Genealogy]

— Mr. Kyser communicates to the Cahaba (Ala.) Gazette the fact, that while he was taking up a subscription to aid in uniforming the Richmond Grays, John, a slave belonging to a Mr. Coleman, promptly gave $10, remarking that he, `being a slave, could not go himself, but that his money, his hogs, his cows, and his corn, were all at their disposal, when needed, without money and without price!' [Douglas Monthly, Rochester, N.Y., Feb. 1861 - Contributed by a Friend of Free Genealogy]

— Another Arrival of Slaves at Mobile.
New Orleans, July 9. Sch. Clotilde, with 124 Africans on board, arrived at Mobile to-day. A steamboat immediately took the negroes up the river. [Campaign Atlas and Bee, Boston, Sat. July 14, 1860- Contributed by a Friend of Free Genealogy]