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Title
Chief Colbert
Subject
African-American history
Description
Chief George Colbert owned a ferry across the Tennessee River, connecting Colbert and Lauderdale Counties. Colbert owned many African-American slaves. One such slave was named Lem Colbert, who operated Colbert's ferry at Waterloo, Alabama.
Creator
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
Source
William McDonald, A Walk Through the Past. University of North Alabama archives.
Publisher
Alabama cultural resource survey
Date
Late eighteenth-early nineteenth century