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Pratt Coal & Coke Company, Pratt Mines, Convict Cemetery, Bounded by First Street, Avenue G, Third Place & Birmingham Southern Railroad, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL
Summary
Significance: This cemetery provides evidence of the exploitative nature of southern industry. By 1900, black workers formed 65% of the coal mining labor forces and 90% of convicts working at the Pratt Mines.
Survey number: HAER AL-80-C
Building/structure dates: ca. 1880 Initial Construction
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Date
1900
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Benz, Sue, transmitter
Location
alabama, 33.51210, -86.89178
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
