This story was republished with permission from the Tennessee Lookout. Read the original story here. The mostly-forgotten history of Tennessee’s convict leasing, which used prison labor to mine coal in the mountains during the 1800s, is being brought to light by a team of professors and genealogists across the state. Dr. Camille Westmont, a postdoctoral fellow […]
Category: Mass Incarceration
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