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A History Resource

Shed a Little Light

The Lives of Enslaved People in Tuscaloosa, Alabama

A resource for Tuscaloosa, Alabama's early African American history
and genealogical research for descendants.

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"We are never as steeped in history as when we pretend not to be..." 

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Michel-Rolph Trouillot 
(Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History

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