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Cannon County courthouse. (Photo courtesy of Cannon County)

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

Ethan Pickering | Lifestyles Editor November 29, 2022

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...

Tennessee's Amendment 3 would eliminate all legal exceptions for slavery from the state Constitution. (Photo by Ethan Pickering)

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

Matthew Giffin November 7, 2022

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

Yes On 3 is a bipartisan campaign to pass Amendment 3, which would change Tennessee's Constitution to prohibit slavery in all instances (Photo by Ethan Pickering)

“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, an inmate at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution...

"Vote Yes on 3" billboard in Nashville. Photo courtesy of WPLN.

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 a long and winding road. It’s a journey...

A group photo of No Exceptions Prison Collective in front of the Tennessee State Capitol. (Photo provided by No Exceptions Prison Collective)

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

Matthew Giffin November 3, 2022

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 are the state’s approximately...

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