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Illustration for the news story: Mobile County Records Reveal How Some Free Blacks Chose Slavery Before the Civil War

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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.

Feb 15, 2015