Volunteer State Community College: Sumner County Slave Trade Presentation
February 22, 2022
February 22, 2022
GALLATIN, Tennessee, Feb. 22 (TNSOps) -- Volunteer State Community College issued the following news:
One of the south's most "successful" slave traders lived in Sumner County. Isaac Franklin, his relatives, and business partners, grew a family operation into one of the largest slave trading networks in the United States. University of Alabama history professor Joshua Rothman wrote extensively about the Franklin family in his book "The Ledger and the Chain." . . .
One of the south's most "successful" slave traders lived in Sumner County. Isaac Franklin, his relatives, and business partners, grew a family operation into one of the largest slave trading networks in the United States. University of Alabama history professor Joshua Rothman wrote extensively about the Franklin family in his book "The Ledger and the Chain." . . .