How Welsh coal miners ended convict leasing and slavery in Tennessee
Engineer Barry Thacker presents the history of Coal Creek to students and others. He tells how Welsh coal miners ended convict leasing in Tennessee
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Engineer Barry Thacker presents the history of Coal Creek to students and others. He tells how Welsh coal miners ended convict leasing in Tennessee
Many people believe the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlaws slavery, but that's not exactly true. The 13th Amendment bans slavery "except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted." A long series of nationally publicized events known as the Coal Creek War tested this concept.
Many people believe the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlaws slavery, but that’s not exactly true.