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Contains 1 Result:

Bedford County Petition to the Tennessee Constitutional Convention, circa 1834

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This petition, submitted to the Tennessee Constitutional Convention by a group of citizens from Bedford County, asks that body to "insert a clause in the revized or amended Constitution of this State, affecting the gradual emancipation of Slaves, so that it shall be a free state against the year 1866."

Dates: circa 1834