With the exception of the area around Mobile and the Yazoo lands, what is now the lower one-third of Alabama was made part of the Mississippi Territory when it was organized in 1798.
wɪððɪ ɛksˈɛpʃən ʌvðɪ ˈɛɹiə ɚɹˈaʊnd mˈoʊbəl ænd ðə jˈæzuː lˈændz, wˌʌt ɪz nˈaʊ ðə lˈoʊɚ wˈʌnθˈɜːd ʌv ˌæləbˈæmə wʌz mˌeɪd pˈɑːɹt ʌvðə mˌɪsɪsˈɪpi tˈɛɹɪtˌoːɹi wɛn ɪt wʌz ˈɔːɹɡənˌaɪzd ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti ˈeɪt.