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  2. History of slavery in Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    History. According to journalist-turned-local historian Bill Carey, who wrote a book examining the history of slavery in Tennessee through the lens of newspaper reports, slave sale ads, county-government notices in local papers, and runaway slave ads, not only did the city government of Nashville own slaves, in 1836 the state government "organized a lottery to raise money for internal ...

  3. Economy of Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    Tennessee has a reputation as low-tax state and is usually ranked as one of the five states with the lowest tax burden on residents. It is one of nine states that do not have a general income tax; the sales tax is the primary means of funding the government. The Hall income tax was a tax imposed on most dividends and interest.

  4. Slave markets in Nashville, Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    While the biggest slave market in the state was along the Mississippi River in Memphis, land routes connecting Nashville to the ports at New Orleans, Louisiana, and Natchez, Mississippi, sufficed to deliver human cargo to and from Nashville. [1] [2] By 1850, slaves were a major export of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and Nashville served that ...

  5. Government auction - Wikipedia

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    When the term "government auction" is used it often means that a general auctioneer has been contracted to deal with stock that needs to be liquidated by various government bodies: Rights to transmit signals on bands of electromagnetic spectrum. Customs: seized smuggled items. Defense: military surplus. Police auction: proceeds of crime.

  6. Government of Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    The Government of Tennessee is organized under the provisions of the 1870 Constitution of Tennessee, first adopted in 1796. [1] As set forth by the state constitution, administrative influence in Tennessee is divided among three branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial . The seat of the government in Tennessee is located in ...

  7. Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County

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    The Metropolitan Council is the 3rd largest in the United States, behind the Chicago City Council and the New York City Council. [1] The Historic Metro Courthouse, 1 Public Square, is where the Council meets. Under the Metropolitan Charter, members must be over the age of 25 and have lived within Davidson County for a year at the beginning of ...

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