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#ThisIsAppalachia: Emancipation Day in Tennessee - August 8
Emancipation: the word means the freeing of someone from slavery. In a broader sense, emancipation is being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation.
The following article presents background on why Tennessee has historically marked August 8 as Emancipation Day, also known as Freedom Day.
“Tennessee voters get chance to — yes — ban slavery.”
Ending slavery is an unfinished task in Tennessee and nine other states.
The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has an exception to the ban on slavery: a loophole for allowing slavery for punishment of crime. Tennessee votes this fall to amend the Tennessee constitution to end slavery.