the dora franklin finley african-american heritage trail reveals 40 historical markers, from the former location of a slave market through the civil rights era. previously, tour guide eric finley took us from the slave market to africa town founded by captives of the slave ship cl i clotilda. with mr. finley describing how african-americans established businesses on the north side of town. this is the first african-american mothrtuary in e state of alabama. they originally opened in the 1880s, and they built this building in the 1900s. the real story is mrs. allen. she started a private school directly behind us in the 1880s, it was called josephine allen institute. again in the 1800s, before the emancipation proclamation, it was against the law for african-americans to be educated. after the emancipation proclamation schools started opening everywhere. she opened one to educate young african-americans. this family actually came to mobile from virginia. they were somewhat
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