The coal mines of the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company were some of the largest employers of convict laborers. Coal mines were dangerous for all workers. Collapsing mines, suffocation ...

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COALFIELD, Tenn. (WVLT) - More than six months after two men were found murdered at the abandoned Kopper Glo Coal Mine, ...