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Tuskegee
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city in Macon County, Alabama, United States
Tuskegee is a city in Macon County, Alabama. While the context provided doesn't elaborate further, the name is historically significant in American medical ethics and civil rights history, though specific details would require additional sources.
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Tuskegee (/tʌˈskiːɡi/ tuh-SKEE-ghee) is a city in Macon County, Alabama, United States. The population was 9,395 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 8,765 in 2023. It is the most populous city in Macon County.
Creek War General Thomas Simpson Woodward founded the city in 1833. Before the American Civil War, the area was developed for cotton plantations, dependent on enslaved African American people. After the war, many freedmen continued to work on plantations in the rural area, which was devoted to agriculture, primarily cotton as a commodity crop.
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