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*'''1835:''' The treaty of New Echota was signed, which led to the removal of most of the Indian tribes, including the Cherokees from Alabama. A few Creeks and Cherokees remained in Alabama. Cherokee Indians ceded land. | *'''1835:''' The treaty of New Echota was signed, which led to the removal of most of the Indian tribes, including the Cherokees from Alabama. A few Creeks and Cherokees remained in Alabama. Cherokee Indians ceded land. | ||
*'''1839:''' The Indians were largely removed westward to Oklahoma. | *'''1839:''' The Indians were largely removed westward to Oklahoma. | ||
*'''I860''': The illegal slave ship | *'''I860''': The illegal slave ship Clotilda, with Guineau Africans arived at Mobile. The slaves were divided between the schooner's owner, Timothy Meaher and Captain William Foster, the remainder being sold. The slaves were freed by Union soldiers in 1865. They pooled wages from selling vegetables and field labor to purchase land from the Meaher family, and formed a community called African Town in in the suburb Plateau near Mobile. (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/clotilda-last-known-slave-ship-arrive-us-found-180972177/). The remains of Clotilda, which had been deliberately burned and sunk to conceal evidence of illegal activity, was found 22 May 2019. | ||
*'''I860 '''the slave polulation was 435,080 (about 505 of population) | *'''I860 '''the slave polulation was 435,080 (about 505 of population) | ||
*'''1861–1868:''' American Civil War and Reconstruction | *'''1861–1868:''' American Civil War and Reconstruction | ||