A Correfpondent informs us that a petition is about to be prefented to the affembly by the negroes who obtained freedom by the late act, praying to be heard by counfel; and as they prefented a ...

CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WCYB) — A letter obtained by News 5 through a public records request explains the reasons behind a decision not to launch an ouster proceeding against Carter County mayor ...

click image for close-up Click here for the text of this historical document. In 1780, Pennsylvania became the first state after the Revolution to abolish slavery by legislative enactment.