Burnt Corn First Slaves
Along with these new people into the territory, came African American Slaves. They tilled the land and planted the crops, took care of the children, cooked, sewed, built homes and
barns. and Salter among many others. In 1712 a French ship of war, the Africane, arrived in Mobile with 129 Africans, half the number that had embarked from Guinea in West Africa.
The Marie followed, landing with 338 slaves. Then the Neride, which sailed from Angola with a cargo of 350 and arrived with 238 alive. Most slaves in Alabama immigrated with their
masters following the usual planter routes into the area. Some were brought by slave traders who purchased them from Virginia and Maryland owners or bought them in the slave markets
of the East and then transported the chattels by ship to Mobile and sometimes walked them in coffles to Alabama. ! Today these descendants still live in Burnt Corn, bearing the names
of Lowery, Betts, Coker, Grace, Rankins, Lett, Watson, Marshall, etc
