Alabama
place · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Albama
in the texts
Ansāb al-ʻArab al-qudamāʼ
An American state listed in the table of collective nicknames, cited to show that whole populations are nicknamed in modern civilised nations as in ancient Arabia.
Name of the state — by-name of its people Illinois — Luchers Missouri — Pibers Oragon — Webfoot Ohio — Buckeye Indiana — Hoosiers New England — States Yankees Albama — Yellow Limnor Wisconsin — Badger
An Essay on the Trial by Jury
A U.S. state whose statutory juror qualifications or selection method are surveyed as part of the author's state-by-state argument that American juries are generally illegal.
In Alabama, “the sheriff, judge of the county court, and clerks of the circuit and county courts,” or “a majority of” them, select the jurors.
In Arkansas, Missouri, Indiana, and Alabama, jurors are required to be “freeholders or householders.
The Unconstitutionality of Slavery
A state whose constitution addresses slaves without validly designating enslaveable persons.
The constitutions of the States of Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Alabama, all have provisions about slaves;