Lawmakers honor 15 enslaved men who built Tennessee Capitol, seek permanent memorial
Tennessee 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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Lawmakers honor 15 enslaved men who built Tennessee Capitol, seek permanent memorial
Strains of the spiritual “Oh Freedom!” reverberated throughout ... They were forced to quarry limestone and carve out the building’s cellar, while for their labor, a man named A.G. Payne ...
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The Lake Serpent Is The Oldest-Known Shipwreck To Have Been Discovered In Lake Erie
In September 1829, the 47-foot schooner Lake Serpent left Cleveland, Ohio, for the Lake Erie Islands. After making the ...