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Gum Thicket Slave Cemetery

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Location : Trenton, Gibson County, USA
Description : At the back right or northwest corner of Oakland Cemetery in Trenton Tennessee there is a location where murdered slaves were buried. One burial was created Dec 20 1862 after the Battle of Trenton Tennessee. Charlie Buck Harwood was a witness to this burial and recorded it in his journal. General Forrest noticed a slave that had great skill in being a blacksmith. He asked him to join his men and continue with them on the First West Tennessee Raid. When the general asked the man, he stated "I would rather rot in hell than join... Read More

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