Alabama declared its secession from the Union on January 11, 1861.

Cahaba in Dallas County was Alabama’s first permanent state capital from 1820 to 1825.

The “Alabama Fever” land rush occurred when settlers and land speculators poured into Alabama to take advantage of fertile land suitable for cotton cultivation after the state was admitted to the Union.

The economy of Alabama’s Black Belt region was built around large cotton plantations whose owners’ wealth grew mainly from slave labor. Southeastern planters and traders from the Upper South brought slaves with them as the cotton plantations in Alabama ...Read more

Alabama’s population increased from under 10,000 people in 1810 to more than 300,000 people by 1830.

Most Native American tribes were completely removed from Alabama within a few years of the passage of the Indian Removal Act by Congress in 1830.

Huntsville served as Alabama’s temporary capital from 1819 to 1820.

The first Constitutional Convention for Alabama was held in Huntsville from July 5 to August 2, 1819.

Alabama was admitted as the 22nd state on December 14, 1819.

St. Stephens, now abandoned, served as the territorial capital from 1817 to 1819.