Name: This photo, which dates to approximately 1896, shows the convict stockade and military camp at Oliver Springs, Tennessee. During the Coal Creek War of 1891-1892 there was an armed labor uprisingthe Coal Creek War. The miners fought the Tennessee Militia, objecting to the use of convict miners by private industry to mine coal in Anderson County Tennessee. During the uprising, free miners attacked and burned the prison stockades, including this one at Oliver Springs. - SuperStock
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This photo, which dates to approximately 1896, shows the convict stockade and military camp at Oliver Springs, Tennessee. During the Coal Creek War of 1891-1892 there was an armed labor uprisingthe Coal Creek War. The miners fought the Tennessee Militia, objecting to the use of convict miners by private industry to mine coal in Anderson County Tennessee. During the uprising, free miners attacked and burned the prison stockades, including this one at Oliver Springs.

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