At Twelvemile Island, Abake, her mother and her 10-year-old sister were handed over by Foster to one of the financial backers of Clotilda, a wealthy plantation ... work in his cotton fields.

Thompson crosses the white plantation ecosystem and the Black expatriates ... "The Barn's" microscope turns telescope when it comes to the global cotton trade and how the Delta stoked fortunes ...

In recent year, eight states have changed their constitutions to outlaw slavery and involuntary servitude: Colorado (2018), Utah and Nebraska (2020), Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee ... The U.S. cotton ...

Thousands of newly freed slaves followed the Union army’s “March to the Sea” in the hopes of protection as they left bondage behind.

The Magnolia State was the birthplace of Elvis Presley, William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams and Jim Hensen ... It was a bustling port city with fertile soil for cotton plantations nearby. War, fire ...

A ministry of Disciples First Christian Church, the theater lost its iconic home in 2022, and both are preparing to move on ...

As Tennessee lawmakers prepare to kick off a special legislative session on Jan. 27, Gov. Bill Lee's latest push to expand a controversial school voucher program statewide will be top-of-mind for ...

Voters are sending 12 new members to Nashville for the start of the 114th Tennessee General Assembly. While they'll sit as members for the first time when the legislature convenes Jan. 14 ...

Tennessee basketball licked its wounds after a deflating loss at Vanderbilt on Saturday. It came back three days later and put a licking on Mississippi State on Tuesday at Food City Center.

The 3-pointer he rifled though amid an unconscious second-half stretch from Tennessee basketball was the source of the joy, which finally overpowered a lethargic first half. As he so often is ...