Unicoi County, Tennessee People of Color, 1880 - 1910
Dublin Core
Title
Unicoi County, Tennessee People of Color, 1880 - 1910
Subject
Census; African Americans
Description
The following lists have been compiled in order to provide free and easy access to data regarding the population of people of color in Unicoi County, Tennessee in the years 1880, 1900 and 1910.
Although Appalachia has long been considered a (nearly) exclusively white space in popular American imagination, just the opposite was, and is, true. Unicoi County was created out of Carter and Washington Counties of Tennessee in 1875.
On May 19th, 1918, after the lynching of Thomas Devert, the entire Black population of Unicoi County was forcibly expelled.
Here are the census populations in the years after the formation of the county until 8 years previous to the ethnic cleansing to provide some context of the scope and names of the county's Black families.
Although Appalachia has long been considered a (nearly) exclusively white space in popular American imagination, just the opposite was, and is, true. Unicoi County was created out of Carter and Washington Counties of Tennessee in 1875.
On May 19th, 1918, after the lynching of Thomas Devert, the entire Black population of Unicoi County was forcibly expelled.
Here are the census populations in the years after the formation of the county until 8 years previous to the ethnic cleansing to provide some context of the scope and names of the county's Black families.
Creator
United States Census Bureau
Source
Unicoi County Courthouse
Publisher
Black in Appalachia
Date
1880 - 1910
Contributor
Kathleen Kelley
Rights
Items can be used for private reflection and research, and not for commercial purposes.
Coverage
United States--Tennessee-Unicoi County
Collection Items
Black Families, Unicoi County, Tennessee: 1910
1910 United States Census Records of Black residents in Unicoi County, Tennessee.
Black Families, Unicoi County, Tennessee: 1900
1900 United States Census Records of Black residents in Unicoi County, Tennessee.
Black Families, Unicoi County, Tennessee: 1880
1880 United States Census Records of Black residents in Unicoi County, Tennessee.