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Those in bondage valued in thousands of dollars to slave owners

Mar 03, 2023 at 12:03 pm by admin

Runaway slaves were always a serious problem. They were very valuable. During an 1859 auction in Georgia a healthy "prime" male slave aged 22, a trained cotton field hand,.... Read More

Indenture-The Reconstruction Era in Hickman County

Jul 04, 2022 at 02:52 pm by admin

Indenture in colonial America was a popular way for immigrants who could ill afford passage from the old country to the new world. Employers provided transportation in return.... Read More

Her name was Hanna and she was sold to settle a debt.

Jun 28, 2020 at 03:32 pm by admin

One hundred seventy nine years ago on the day after Independence Day, an auction was held on the Hickman County Courthouse steps in the county seat of Clinton. It wasn't that.... Read More

NAACP to host showing of "Harriet" in Mayfield

Nov 14, 2019 at 09:22 am by admin

The Mayfield-Graves County NAACP branch will host a special viewing of the critically-acclaimed movie Harriet at 7 p.m. Monday November 18th, in the Princess Theater, 1102 Pa.... Read More

Fallout continues over the Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 29, 2013 at 04:17 pm by admin

(Friday, February 1, 2013) -  On this date in 1863, Kentucky slave owners were scrambling to tell their slaves that President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Procl.... Read More

Bracken Unionists banish, threaten anti-slavery minister

Sep 13, 2012 at 10:59 am by admin

    (September 14, 2012) - On this date in 1862, local Unionists drove the Rev. James G. Fee from his native Bracken County “for preaching aboli.... Read More

Future congressman fires up local Union men in Mayfield

Jun 20, 2012 at 03:24 pm by admin

   (Mayfield, KY - June 21, 2012) - On this date in 1862, Graves County Unionists were rallying behind their candidates for the August state elections.   .... Read More

Kentucky's state song originally told sad slave story

Jun 19, 2011 at 07:16 pm by admin

The choice of My Old Kentucky Home as the state anthem must stand as the greatest irony in the history of state songs.  Stephen Foster’s homage to Uncle Tom&rsquo.... Read More