Slavery by Contract Rumors in Alabama Counties
A detailed report exposing peonage and slave-like practices in Alabama spreads across Lowndes Tallapoosa Coosa and Talladega counties. It centers on the Dixon and Pace families employing Black residents through forced contracts, brutal beatings, naked labor, and deadly intimidation to sustain state-wide predatory peonage under local officials and corrupt justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayneville
Nikon
Dixon
United States
Montgomery
Dixons
Jones
Lowndes County
Thiat Cage
Coosa
Tallapoosa
Coosa County
Aeis
Goose
London
Tai- Iapoowa County
Goodwater
Shea
Robert M. Franklin
Sanat
Turner
Tallapooen
John W. Pave
Tallapoosa County
Rica
Pace
Tallapopan
Tallapoona County
Buel
Distric Attorney's Office
Ed Moody
Indlich
Grand Jury
Owen Gregor
Irans
Gregor
Alabama
Fed
Wen
Supreme Court of
Union
Justice of the Peace
Cosby
Tallanooea
Ia Kennedy
Joe
Gobby
Keneweds
Negro Oron
Penne
Hale
Kennedy
Coady
Revue
Stern- News
Gal
State of Alabama
J. F. Pace
Premini
Sald Pacr
Work Ag
Sald Paco
E&caps
Fegro
Mlade
Sandy Cresk
Bis
Alwiye
Most Lofty Clouds Reach 36000 Feet Heights Last Year
The record highest cloud heights were 36000 feet with movement rates of 149 miles per hour, noting the measured figures from the prior year.
Divorces Decline in Prussia Over Past Decade
Within ten years there has been a notable drop in divorce numbers in Prussia reflecting broader social shifts.
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Prussia
Lord Jersey's Wide Holdings Highlight Local Figure
A fragment notes Lord Jersey owning about 20 000 acres and serving as a county councillor. It cites connections to Wo county and a 96 000 acre figure, indicating substantial land interests and public roles.
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Jersey
Hadjaz Railway Fund Reaches 2.6 Million Pledge
The Ald Dead Sea Railway and Mussulmana groups have contributed 2.6 million dollars to the Hadjaz railway construction fund extending from Damascus to Mecca. The project is described as finished past the Dead Sea.
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Ald Dead Sea
Mussulmana
Hadjaz
Damascus
Mecca
Slow Growth of Coral Reefs Says One Foot in 100000 Years
German scientist notes coral reefs grow extremely slowly at about one foot per 100000 years. The piece also touches on temperance and observes that in England thirty of every hundred cases involve women, suggesting rising female involvement.
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Hellprin
England
Staves for Spain Across Atlantic Trade Flows
Spain relies on vast oak stave imports from the United States especially New Orleans. A single Andalusian cooperage buys about 175 million staves annually for wine production.
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Spain
United States
New Orleans
Andalusia
Caviar Market Sees Bankruptcy Amid Volga Decline
Caviar traders report widespread bankruptcy as demand dries up for Astrakhan sturgeon caviar. No tenants have bid for the government harvests along the Volga, leaving the industry facing a quiet, moneyless season.
Pensions Paid Across Wars Reported by Commissioner Ware
Pension Commissioner Ware's report lists totals paid for military and naval service across conflicts. Revolutionary war about 70 million, war of 1812 about 45 million, Indian wars 5.8 million, Mexican War 31.8 million, Civil War 2.744 billion, Spanish-American War 3.275 million.
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Ware
United States
Mexico
Spain
Canadian wage growth in Hamilton mechanical trades rises 20 to 26 percent
Wages for all classes of mechanical occupations in Hamilton, Canada have increased by 6 percentage points over five years, rising from 20 percent to 26 percent, reflecting notable wage growth in the region.
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Hamilton
Canada
Shade for Coffee Plants Promotes Profitable Cropping
Shade for coffee crops is provided by chena palms used to shelter coffee shrubs. The practice yields a nearly equally profitable harvest, balancing shade and production.
Desert in Blossom Tract Supports Over a Million Sheep
A desert tract in Eastern Australia transformed over thirty years, now supports more than a million sheep. The change reflects large scale agricultural development and grazing expansion across the region.
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Australia
Needs of South Africa Book Urges Worker Diligence
Mrs Lowth publishes a book detailing rations raiment and rent as core difficulties in South Africa. She stresses success depends on doing work well, warning bunglers and failures are more at a premium abroad than at home.
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South Africa
The Little White God of the Klondike Roper Curzon
Capt Arthur Eric Paget Roper-Curzon spent $30,000 in America over three years trying to forget his American sweetheart Miss Marguerite Gwynne. He heir to a peerage, sought a new life in Canada, funded a Klondike expedition, staged marriages for strangers, and hosted a costly dead man’s feast before declaring himself broke at thirty-one and ready to start anew.
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Arthur Eric Paret RoperCur Gop
America
Monty T
England
Arthur Eric Paget Roper-Curzon
Marguerite Gwyn
Mediterranean
Miss Gwynne
Roper Curzon
Gwynnes
Curzon
Straigthway
Lodon
Arthur Erle Roper Curzon
Canada
Toronto
Capt. Roper-Curzon
Far
Northwest
Ontario Agricultural College
Guelph
Capt
Roper-Carson
Klondlice
Sorgt
Mortimer
Toronto Mounted Ritter
Edmonton
Roper-Curzon
Winnipeg
Boston
Uhades
Brookes
Katy
Bines
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Ala
Napooss
Cooan Lowndes
Thy
Pasny
Paliticn
Jawnies
Lownies County
Onn
Dillard Freeman
United States Court House
Freeman
United States District Attorn
Dey Reete
Sterns Foldt
Brandor Matthews
Columbia University
Haa Dern
Thomas
Randolph Prine
South Dakota
Astrakhan
Russia
Volga
Roper Cuszon
Cupid
Roaer-Cuerony
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