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Slavery's ghost haunts cotton gin factory's transformation

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Prattville's namesake, Daniel Pratt, became Alabama's first major industrialist against this backdrop. Pratt used four enslaved mechanics in 1837 as collateral for a $2,000 bank loan to buy 2,000 acres along Autauga Creek for what would become Prattville. Pratt aimed to teach poor, white Southerners the value of manual labor.

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Slavery's ghost haunts cotton gin factory's transformation

PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — There’s no painless way to explain the history of a massive brick structure being renovated into apartments in this central Alabama city — a factory that

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Winnipeg Free Press

Slavery's ghost haunts cotton gin factory's transformation

PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — There’s no painless way to explain the history of a massive brick structure being renovated into apartments in this central Alabama city — a factory that […]

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The Toronto Star

Slavery’s ghost haunts cotton gin factory’s transformation

PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — There’s no painless way to explain the history of a massive brick structure being renovated into apartments in this central Al...

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MY Northwest

Slavery's ghost haunts cotton gin factory's transformation

PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — There’s no painless way to explain the history of a massive brick structure being renovated into apartments in this central Alabama city — a factory that played a key role in the expansion of slavery before the Civil War.Dating back to the 1830s, the labor of enslaved Black people helped make it the world’s largest manufacturer of cotton gins, an innovation that boosted demand for many more enslaved people to pick cotton …

1 year ago·Tacoma, United States

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WPLG

Slavery's ghost haunts cotton gin factory's transformation

There’s no painless way to explain the history of a massive brick structure being renovated into apartments in this central Alabama city — a factory that played a key role in the expansion of slavery before the Civil War.Dating back to the 1830s, the labor of enslaved Black people helped make it the world’s largest manufacturer of cotton gins, an innovation that boosted demand for many more enslaved people to pick cotton that could be quickly pr…

1 year ago·Miami, United States

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