What to see in America . d with goat-sheds and was called Goat Hill. Three tiny hamletsdeveloped — New Philadelphia, Alabama Town, and EastAlabama Town — but these united in 1819 under the nameMontgomery. This became the capital in 1847 after severalother places had served in that capacity. The archiveswere brought from Tuscaloosa, a hundred miles northwest,in one hundred and thirteen cases loaded on thirteen was at Montgomery that delegates from all the secedingstates met in February, 18G1, and organized the Confederategovernment. On the 18th of the month, amid unboundedenthusiasm,
What to see in America . d with goat-sheds and was called Goat Hill. Three tiny hamletsdeveloped — New Philadelphia, Alabama Town, and EastAlabama Town — but these united in 1819 under the nameMontgomery. This became the capital in 1847 after severalother places had served in that capacity. The archiveswere brought from Tuscaloosa, a hundred miles northwest,in one hundred and thirteen cases loaded on thirteen was at Montgomery that delegates from all the secedingstates met in February, 18G1, and organized the Confederategovernment. On the 18th of the month, amid unboundedenthusiasm, Jefferson Davis, standing in the front porticoof the Capitol, was inaugurated as president. Near theState House is an old slave market with all its details intact. Forty miles east ofMontgomery is the typ-ical old southern town of- •^•* Tuskegee where Booker Washington founded hisfamous Normal and In-dustrial School for ne-groes in 1881. It is inwhat is known as theState House, Montgomery Black Belt of the Alabama 207 Originally the termBlack Belt referredto the soil, which in thissection is dark and nat-urally rich. Slaves weremost profitable on suchland and were takenthere in the largest num-bers. Latterly the wordshave come to designatethe region where theblack people outnumberthe whites. In some ofthe counties the propor-tion runs five or six toone. Mr. Washingtonbegan his task with thirtystudents in a rather di-lapidated shanty, and anear-by colored Methodist church, which was not muchbetter. During the earlier months that he taught in theshanty it was in such poor repair that, when there was rain,one of the students would hold an umbrella over him whilehe heard the recitations of the others. Also, on more thanone occasion, his landlady held an umbrella over him whilehe ate breakfast. But as time went on the school developedinto the largest, most useful educational institution for col-ored youth in the world, and Mr. Washington was univer-sally recognized a
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