UT Martin to host annual family weekend Nov. 4-6
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UT Martin to host annual family weekend Nov. 4-6

The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its annual Family Weekend event Nov. 4-6 at the main campus. The weekend will include food trucks, live music, visits with academic deans and city officials, tailgating and the UT Martin vs. Kennesaw State football game. Family Weekend packages for parents and family members are $30 each…

CHS class of ’67 holds 55-year reunion
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CHS class of ’67 holds 55-year reunion

On Monday, Oct. 17, members of the 1967 Camden Central High School graduating class met at Country and Western Steakhouse for their 55-year class reunion. These classmates share an average age of 73. The CHS graduating class of 1967 originally had 127 members, but 39 members are now deceased. Thirty-one classmates, along with 18 spouses…

From 1846 ‘Runaway’ ad to the Exoduster Movement
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From 1846 ‘Runaway’ ad to the Exoduster Movement

By Bill Carey In 1846, Rutherford County slaveholder Robert Weakly published an ad in a Nashville newspaper offering $50 for the return of an enslaved man named Ben Singleton. In the ad, Singleton was described as “five feet five or six inches in height” and “a serviceable sprightly fellow.” He was also called a “mulatto,”…