Glossary

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• Saraland
  Saraland is located in central Mobile County, in extreme southwest Alabama. It has a mayor-city council...
• Sardis City
  Sardis City is located in the northeastern corner of the state largely in northwest Etowah County, with...
• Winthrop Sargent
  Winthrop Sargent (1753-1820), a native of Massachusetts, was appointed by Pres. John Adams on May 7,...
• David Satcher
  Anniston native David Satcher (1941- ) is noted for serving as Surgeon General of the United States and...
• Satsuma
  Satsuma is located in northeast Mobile County in the southwest corner of the state. It has a mayor/city...
• Sci-Quest
  Located in Huntsville, Madison County, Sci-Quest is a hands-on science center that offers visitors more...
• Scottsboro
  Located in the mountainous northeastern corner of Alabama on the banks of Lake Guntersville on the Tennessee...
• Scottsboro Trials
  The Scottsboro Trials were among the most infamous episodes of legal injustice in the Jim Crow South....
• Secession
  Secession is the doctrine that the people of each state, having voluntarily entered the Union, have the...
• Second Treaty of Washington (1826)
  The 1826 Treaty of Washington between the United States and the Creek Nation replaced the fraudulent...