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Alabama became a state on December 14, 1819
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Alabama was the first state to declare Christmas a legal holiday, in 1836.
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In June 1865, according to the presidential plan of reorganization, a provisional governor for Alabama was appointed. In September, a state convention declared the ordinance of secession null and void and slavery abolished. The Freedmen were now given voting rights and large numbers of white citizens were disfranchised
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