Chestnut Hill in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Cameron-Trimble & Black Self-Emancipation / Education for Black Empowerment
Photographed By Darren Jefferson Clay, May 19, 2024
1. Cameron-Trimble & Black Emancipation / Education for Black Empowerment Marker
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Cameron-Trimble and Black Self-Emancipation, also, Education for Black Empowerment. . Known as Cameron-Trimble, this was among Nashville's early African American neighborhoods. When the Union Army occupied Nashville in 1862, many enslaved African Americans risked their safety to seek freedom here. Twenty-seven hundred men, women, and children endured terrible conditions to build Ft. Negley, a Union fort and a beacon of freedom for enslaved people across the South. Thousands joined the U.S. Colored Troops, who helped win the Battle of Nashville. After the war, many veterans stayed in the Cameron-Trimble area to develop area churches, businesses, and schools. , Continued, After gaining freedom during the Civil War, African Americans eagerly sought education denied them during enslavement. Established in an old Confederate qun factory 600 yards west of here, Central Tennessee College offered its first classes in 1867. Renamed Walden University in 1900, it closed in 1922. The medical department known as Meharry, became chartered as Meharry Medical College in 1915 and moved to North Nashville near Fisk University in 1931. Its law school trained early African American lawyers in the South, including Lutie Lytle, the first African American woman licensed to practice in Tennessee, and Noah Parden and George Vaughn, who won key civil rights cases in the U.S. Supreme Court.
Known as Cameron-Trimble, this was among Nashville's early African American neighborhoods. When the Union Army occupied Nashville in 1862, many enslaved African Americans risked their safety to seek freedom here. Twenty-seven hundred men, women, and children endured terrible conditions to build Ft. Negley, a Union fort and a beacon of freedom for enslaved people across the South. Thousands joined the U.S. Colored Troops, who helped win the Battle of Nashville. After the war, many veterans stayed in the Cameron-Trimble area to develop area churches, businesses, and schools.
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After gaining freedom during the Civil War, African Americans eagerly sought education denied them during enslavement. Established in an old Confederate qun factory 600 yards west of here, Central Tennessee College offered its first classes in 1867. Renamed Walden University in 1900, it closed in 1922. The medical department known as Meharry, became chartered as Meharry Medical College in 1915 and moved to North Nashville near Fisk University in 1931. Its law school trained early African American lawyers in the South, including Lutie Lytle, the first African American woman licensed to practice in Tennessee, and Noah Parden and George Vaughn, who won key civil rights cases in the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 3A 259.)
Location. 36° 8.837′ N, 86° 45.492′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Chestnut Hill. Marker is on Lafayette Street west of Fairfield Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 157 Lafayette St, Nashville TN 37210, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Darren Jefferson Clay, May 19, 2024
2. Cameron-Trimble & Black Emancipation / Education for Black Empowerment Marker
Photographed By Darren Jefferson Clay, May 19, 2024
3. Cameron-Trimble & Black Emancipation / Education for Black Empowerment Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on May 20, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 19, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 55 times since then. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on May 19, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.