CEMETERY AND SLAVERY APOLOGY MARKER
"Buried near this plaque are Jack Rudolph and William "Boysey" Brown, two Africans enslaved to University of Alabama Faculty, and William J. Crawford, a University student who died in 1844. Rudolph was born in Africa about 1791 and died May 5, 1846, from "Bilious pneumonia." Brown was born April 10, 1838, and died November 22, 1844, from "whooping cough."
Jack Rudolph and Boysey Brown were among the slaves owned by the University of Alabama and by faculty. Their burials were honored and recognized by the University of Alabama on April 15, 2004. The Faculty Senate apologized for their predecessors' role in the institution of slavery on April 20, 2004. This plaque honor those whose labor and legacy of perseverance helped to build the University of Alabama community since its founding."