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- ↑ Fleming, Walter Lynwood (December 30, 1905). Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231906586 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Alabama State University - SoulOfAmerica". legacy.soulofamerica.com.
- ↑ "Montgomery's Slave Markets / First Emancipation Observance - 1866 Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
- ↑ https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/amp/78069566
- ↑ "Alabama State University (ASU)". Encyclopedia of Alabama.
- ↑ "Residence Halls | Alabama State University". www.alasu.edu.
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