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Southern Gothic

The Banner Mine Explosion of 1911 | Encore Episode

Southern Gothic

Southern Gothic Media LLC

History, Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.7975 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The Banner Mine explosion of April 8, 1911, in Alabama claimed the lives of 128 men, predominantly African American prisoners leased to the Pratt Consolidated Coal Company by the state. This devastating event underscored the dire conditions of convict-lease labor, a system exploiting carefully tailored laws to target black men for profit-driven incarceration. Despite the tragedy, reforms to address the systemic injustices perpetuated by this exploitative practice were not made in Alabama for another decade and a half. Want to Listen to Southern Gothic Ad-Free? ⁠Patreon: Ad-Free Episodes, Premium Releases, Bonus Content & More⁠  ⁠Southern Gothic Premium on Spotify⁠ ⁠Southern Gothic Premium on Apple Podcasts⁠ ⁠Into History: History Without Interruption⁠ Connect with Southern Gothic Media: Website:⁠ SouthernGothicMedia.com⁠ Merch Store:⁠ https://www.southerngothicmedia.com/merch⁠ Pinterest:⁠ @SouthernGothicMedia⁠ Facebook:⁠ @SouthernGothicMedia⁠ Instagram:⁠ @SouthernGothicMedia⁠ X:⁠ @SoGoPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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So. Now at Bloomberg.com. Southern Gothic is a podcast that explores the history behind some of the American South's darkest days, greatest mysteries, and most chilling ghost stories. Before the Civil War, most of the free people in Alabama made their living farming cotton.

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But after the war ended and plantation owners could no longer

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profit off the backs of enslaved men, a new era began, one that embraced industrial development.

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After all, Alabama was not only home to large, previously untapped deposits of coal, limestone, and iron ore,

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the exact ingredients needed for the manufacture of iron and steel,

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but it was also the only place in the country where all three were found in such close proximity.

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