Daphne, the Jubilee City, is home to people who came to partake of the rich resources of Mobile Bay's eastern shore. They gathered to collect seafood miraculously washing ashore during the phenomenon of jubilee. They gathered under the spreading oaks to hold councils and along the bayfront to escape the perils of yellow fever across the bay in Mobile. They gathered for clean spring waters and rare pottery clay, to greet the bay boats, and to farm the rich soil. Daphne's heritage is one of a gathering of peoples, and Images of America: Daphne documents that heritage.
Foreword 6
Acknowledgments 7
Introduction 8
1 The Early Years: The First Settlers 11
2 On the Bayfront: Life on the Water 23
3 A Community is Built: The Jubilee Town 39
4 A Grand Old Lady: Courthouse and Normal School 57
5 Education Pioneers: Black Schooling 69
6 Churches and Schools: Backbones of the Citizenry 79
7 To the North: Spanish Fort 91
8 To the East: Belforest and Malbis 107
9 To the South: Montrose 117
Bibliography 126
About the Museum 127
Overview
Daphne, the Jubilee City, is home to people who came to partake of the rich resources of Mobile Bay's eastern shore. They gathered to collect seafood miraculously washing ashore during the phenomenon of jubilee. They gathered under the spreading oaks to hold councils and along the bayfront to escape the perils of yellow fever across the bay in Mobile. They gathered for clean spring waters and rare pottery clay, to greet the bay boats, and to farm the rich soil. Daphne's heritage is one of a gathering of peoples, ...