Scope and Contents The James Benson Sellers collection consists primarily of the research data Sellers, a noted Alabama historian and teacher, accumulated in order to write his books and articles. Research topics include Alabama history, slavery, First Methodist Church in Tuscaloosa, history of the University of Alabama, and history of Wilcox County, Alabama.The research...

Abstract Also known as the James A. Tait Collection. Includes diaries, letters received, financial papers, tax records, and slave records of Charles and James Asbury Tait. Papers of the children of James Asbury include letters received as well as freedman contracts, wills, deeds, clippings, maps, and speeches. The Tait Family were plantation owners in Wilcox County, Alabama; active in politics in Georgia, Alabama, and Texas. Family members include Charles Tait (1768-1835), politician and...