Tennessee lawmakers for the first time honored the work of 15 enslaved men rented by the State of Tennessee in the 1800s to ...

The annual event highlights agriculture in Tennessee and features a lighthearted competition between the governor and ...

in the rotunda at Tennessee State Capitol building in Nashville , Tenn., Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. “Men who had no freedom were building a monument to freedom that they did not enjoy,” said Rep.

A bipartisan effort is underway to establish a permanent memorial honoring the work of the 15 men the state rented and forced to quarry limestone for the building. One proposal would designate the ...

reverberated throughout the rotunda of the state ... construct the Tennessee State Capitol. Fifteen enslaved men were rented by the state to work on construction of the Capitol building between ...