Fifteen enslaved men were rented by the state to work on construction of the Capitol building between 1845 ... the first Black representative to the Tennessee legislature, elected in 1873 to ...
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Our state democracy is in crisis, and instead of trying to fix it, our state leaders are focused on exacerbating it.
The Tennessean (Nashville) on MSN11d
Lawmakers honor 15 enslaved men who built Tennessee Capitol, seek permanent memorialTennessee lawmakers for the first time honored the work of 15 enslaved men rented by the State of Tennessee in the 1800s to ...
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