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King Iron: The Untold Story of Enslaved Furnace Workers in Tennessee

Created by the Tennessee African-American Historical Group, this new travelling exhibit examines the little known story of enslaved iron workers in the Volunteer State. Well researched and curated, “King Iron”…

Sharing the Untold Story of Tennessee’s Enslaved Iron Workers

April 29, 2024April 29, 2024

Human enslavement in the American South prior to the Civil War is well-documented as a brutal system of extracted and uncompensated labor. When most of us consider enslavement in Tennessee,…