Gee’s Bend is a small poor rural town located near Selma, Alabama. In the past it was comprised of cotton plantations, owned by Joseph Gee and a relative of his, Mark Pettway. Pettway bought the Gee estate in 1850 and after the Civil War, his freed slaves took the name of Pettway. They continued to …
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