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*'''1839:''' The Indians were largely removed westward to Oklahoma. | *'''1839:''' The Indians were largely removed westward to Oklahoma. | ||
*'''I860''': Illegal slave ship Clotilda, with Guineau Africans arrived at Mobile. Slaves were divided between the schooner's owner, Timothy Meaher and Captain William Foster, the remainder were sold. Slaves were freed by Union soldiers in 1865. Former slaves pooled wages from 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 wreck of Clotilda, which had been deliberately burned and sunk to conceal evidence of illegal activity, was found 22 May 2019. | *'''I860''': Illegal slave ship Clotilda, with Guineau Africans arrived at Mobile. Slaves were divided between the schooner's owner, Timothy Meaher and Captain William Foster, the remainder were sold. Slaves were freed by Union soldiers in 1865. Former slaves pooled wages from 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 wreck of Clotilda, which had been deliberately burned and sunk to conceal evidence of illegal activity, was found 22 May 2019. | ||
*''' | *'''1860: '''Slave population was 435,080 (about 45.1% of Alabama's population) | ||
*'''1861–1868:''' American Civil War and Reconstruction | *'''1861–1868:''' American Civil War and Reconstruction | ||
*'''1862:''' Over 10,000 Alabama freedmen served as soldiers in the Union Army. | *'''1862:''' Over 10,000 Alabama freedmen served as soldiers in the Union Army. | ||