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"Yes on 3 Slavery Amendment"

Tennessee County with Most “No” Votes for Antislavery Amendment Posted Misleading Information

Featured Photo courtesy of Cannon County Story by Matthew Giffin | News Editor Cannon County's Election Commission — whose county accumulated the most "no" votes for Amendment 3 to Tennessee's state...

Abolition: A look at anti-slavery legislation efforts, state by state

Story by Tatiana Muhammad | Contributing Writer Tennessee is not the only state considering changes to their constitutional language...

“Forever Prohibited”: How an Amendment to Abolish Slavery Appeared on Tennessee’s Midterm Ballot

Story by Matthew Giffin | News Editor In 2013, Rev. Jeannie Alexander, a lawyer turned prison chaplain and activist,...

Majority Rules: The Birth of Amendment 3 in Tennessee

Story by Johari Hamilton | Contributing Writer and Kailee Shores | Assistant News Editor The path a proposed amendment...

“Involuntary servitude”: the possible impact of Amendment 3 on prisoners and beyond

Story by Lifestyles Editor Ethan Pickering and Contributing Writer Georgia Smith At the heart of changing the Tennessee Constitution’s...

Tennessee County with Most “No” Votes for Antislavery Amendment Posted Misleading Information

Featured Photo courtesy of Cannon County Story by Matthew Giffin | News Editor Cannon County's Election Commission — whose county accumulated the most "no" votes for...

Abolition: A look at anti-slavery legislation efforts, state by state

Story by Tatiana Muhammad | Contributing Writer Tennessee is not the only state considering changes to their constitutional language on slavery. Voters in Alabama, Oregon,...

“Forever Prohibited”: How an Amendment to Abolish Slavery Appeared on Tennessee’s Midterm Ballot

Story by Matthew Giffin | News Editor In 2013, Rev. Jeannie Alexander, a lawyer turned prison chaplain and activist, had a conversation with Robert Payne,...

Majority Rules: The Birth of Amendment 3 in Tennessee

Story by Johari Hamilton | Contributing Writer and Kailee Shores | Assistant News Editor The path a proposed amendment takes to the Tennessee Constitution is...

“Involuntary servitude”: the possible impact of Amendment 3 on prisoners and beyond

Story by Lifestyles Editor Ethan Pickering and Contributing Writer Georgia Smith At the heart of changing the Tennessee Constitution’s wording on the abolishment of slavery...