Oakleigh Mansion to Remain Open After Community Fundraising Push
The Historic Mobile Preservation Society says the Oakleigh mansion will stay open on a reduced schedule after donations closed most of a $40,000 funding gap.
Mobile County Records Reveal How Some Free Blacks Chose Slavery Before the Civil War
Mobile County probate records show several free Black residents petitioned local judges to become enslaved amid rising hostility before the Civil War.
Mobile’s 1853 Yellow Fever Epidemic and the City’s Relief Effort
Mobile’s worst yellow fever outbreak, in 1853, tested the city and highlighted the work of the Can’t Get Away Club.