19th Century Scenes
 In and Around Montgomery, Alabama

 

THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, SHOWING THE STATE HOUSE
WHERE THE CONGRESS OF THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY MEETS ON FEBRUARY 4, 1861

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In February 1861, Montgomery had 8,843 people (4,443 whites and 4,400 blacks, slave and free).

 

Alabama State Capitol


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Plantation field slaves working the cotton fields near Montgomery under the direction of an overseer

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The cramped quarters of a slave ship

A slave auction in Montgomery.

 

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A slave woman and daughter of Montgomery, Alabama

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A light skinned  mulatto slave girl.

 

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Inauguration of Jefferson Davis, President of the Southern Confederacy, at Montgomery, Ala., on Monday Feb 18, 1861.


Provisional Confederate Senate Meeting in Montgomery, Alabama

 

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A young female house slave and her white mistress

 

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Slaves loading cotton bales onto flatboats and steamboats on the Alabama River.

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Slaves operating a cotton gin

 

 

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Scene of Union Troops arriving at a southern plantation

 

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Perry Avenue in Montgomery - Photo above taken about 1900.
William Lowndes Yancey had his town home on Perry Street.