Alabama Enacts Anti-Trust Law

Date: February 23, 1883 • Location: Bibb County, United States

Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.

Alabama is a state in the Southeastern and Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th largest by area, and the 24th-most populous of the 50 U.S. states.