tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633283095482030538.post8770870840444612999..comments2024-01-20T15:18:03.008-06:00Comments on From Slaves to Soldiers and Beyond - Williamson County, Tennessee's African American History: The Lynching of Amos Miller from the Courthouse Balcony, August 10, 1888Tina Cahalan Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01832317925658128123noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633283095482030538.post-91292720666524163972020-06-03T12:23:54.513-05:002020-06-03T12:23:54.513-05:00Thanks for your comment Joe Ryan. I think the lac...Thanks for your comment Joe Ryan. I think the lack of a Freedmen's Bureau office in Williamson County (the Franklin officer was pulled out and sent to Giles County as the KKK heated up activity) effected the reporting to this Commission. There was plenty of racism to go around in Williamson County as well. I don't think the report was intended to be representative. That being said, Maury County was absolutely a hot bed of Klan activity that is often not well understood or appreciated. Tina Cahalan Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01832317925658128123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633283095482030538.post-50366797475297981072020-05-29T10:52:02.108-05:002020-05-29T10:52:02.108-05:00In reading the several pieces, it appears that the...In reading the several pieces, it appears that the serious racism of the times was in Maury County, not Williamson County. The state government committee report highlighted contains references mostly about conduct of Maury County citizens, nothing of substance about Williamson County. Why the difference?JoeRyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01534553923450796468noreply@blogger.com