Tennessee Civil War Travel Destination (Nashville, TN) 🇺🇸

In this episode, I talk with historian Dr. Angela Sutton at Fort Negley a Civil War–era fort built largely by enslaved and free Black laborers under Union occupation. Join us as we unpack just how diverse and layered its history truly is. Fort Negley is more than just stone walls on a hill in Nashville, it’s a freedom site that helped reshape the city’s communities. You can learn more about her work and Atlantic world history in her book, Pirates of the Slave Trade: The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Institution: https://www.amazon.com/Pirates-Slave-... Discover more about Fort Negley and its ongoing preservation here: https://fortnegleypark.org/ If you believe history should be accessible, truthful, and community-centered, you’re in the right place. Subscribe, like, and share the channel so others can learn, remember, and honor these stories too. #historybeforeus #americanhistory #civilwar #civilwarhistory #nashville #tennessee #tennesseehistory #historylovers #historicsites #historylessons #blackhistorymonth