There are 6 article(s) tagged slavery:

• November 2022

  • All four state constitutional amendments clear bar

    In Shelby County returns, the closest contest among the four was Amendment 1, which made the state’s “right to work” law part of the Constitution.

    By Bill Dries November 09, 2022

• October 2022

  • Political Roundup: Emancipation Sunday urges voters to remove slavery from state constitution

    Several churches rallied in support of a proposed amendment that would ban slavery in all forms in the state. A coalition of political groups is also urging voters to choose a hand-marked paper ballot.

    By Bill Dries October 17, 2022

  • Proposed amendment would ban slavery as punishment for a crime

    The Tennessee constitution states “that slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, are forever prohibited in this state.” The third constitutional question on the Nov. 8 ballot proposes deleting the exception.

    By Ian Round October 03, 2022

• March 2020

  • Going... gone: Ex-slave’s farm auctioned after 140 years in family

    A 327-acre farm that had been in Rev. H.W. Key's family for 140 years was sold at auction on Saturday.

    By Tom Bailey March 15, 2020

  • ‘The gift that kept on giving’

    Hillery W. Key rose from slavery to prominence in higher education and the ministry. The large farm he bought in 1880 just northeast of Memphis will finally leave his family next month. 

    By Tom Bailey March 01, 2020

• October 2019

  • Rhodes professors will discuss slavery, aftermath 400 years after 1619

    Rhodes College hosting panel discussion on slavery on October 21.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff October 18, 2019