[7] See paper of E. E. Hoss, Tenn. Hist. Soc., Nashville.

[8] Greely, Horace, _The American Conflict_, p. 79, New York, 1864.

[9] _Journal of The Const.i.tutional Convention_, State of Tennessee, 1834.

[10] _Journal of Const.i.tutional Convention_, 1834.

[11] Haywood and Cobb, _Statute Laws of Tenn._, 1779, Ch. 5.

[12] _Ibid._, 1741, Ch. 21.

[13] _Ibid._, 1788, Ch. 7.

[14] _Ibid._, 1799, Ch. 9.

[15] R. T. Q., Jr., State Archives, Capitol Library, Tennessee.

[16] This is most natural, of course, but is inserted to emphasize the absolute quality of ownership, for the master was held responsible for the deed just as if he himself had committed it, and the slaves were morally irresponsible. But for other breaches of social good conduct the slave was the direct victim of the penalty, thus at once being slave and man, property and human being.

[17] _Statute Laws of Tenn._, 1819, Chap. 35.

[18] Acts, 2d Session Gen. a.s.sembly (Knoxville), 1809.

[19] _Statute Laws_, 1813, Chap. 135.

[20] _Ibid._, 1826, Ch. 22, Sec. 1.

[21] _Ibid._, 1801, Ch. 27, Sec. 1.

[22] _Acts of Gen. a.s.sembly_ (Tenn.), 1822, Ch. 102.

[23] Cf. 1 and 2.

[24] _Statute Laws_, 1831, Ch. 102, Sec. 2.

[25] _Ibid._, Sec. 2.

[26] _Statute Laws_, 1826, Ch. 22, Sec. 6.

[27] _Ibid._, 1741, Ch. 24, Sec. 23.

[28] _Proceedings of the Anti-Slavery Convention_, London, 1843.

[29] _Acts of the Gen. a.s.sembly, Tennessee_, 1821, Chap. 26.

[30] _Statute Laws, Tenn._, Chap. 6, Sec. 2. Laws of 1787.

[31] _Statute Laws, Tenn._, Chap. 6, Sec. 2, Laws of 1787.

[32] _Ibid._, 1833, Chap. 4, Sec. 1.

[33] _Tenn. Const.i.tutional Convention Journal_, 1834.

[34] _Tenn. Const.i.tutional Convention Journal_, pp. 31-40.

[35] _Ibid._, p. 53.

[36] _Southern Statesman_ (clipping from _Knoxville Register_, Oct., 1831).

[37] _Tenn. Const.i.tutional Convention Journal_, 1834, pp. 102-104.

[38] _Ibid._, pp. 125-126.

[39] Journal Const. Conv., _op. cit._, pp. 214 et seq.

[40] _Tennessee Const.i.tutional Journal_, 1834, pp. 126 et seq.

[41] _Ibid._, pp. 184 et seq.

[42] _Ibid._, p. 200, p. 209.

[43] Const.i.tution of Tenn., 1834, Art. 3, Sec. 1.

[44] Code of Tenn. '57, '58, Sec. 3809.

[45] Stephenson, _Race Distinctions in American Law_, p. 284. _Tenn.

Const. Conv. Journal_, 1834, _op. cit._, p. 209.

[46] Bureau of the Census, "A Century of Pop. Growth," p. 82.

Washington, 1909.

[47] _Acts of Tenn._, 1846, Chap. 47 (Nicholson).

[48] Code of 1858, Tenn., Art. IV, See. 2725.

[49] _Ibid._, Sec. 2725.

[50] _Ibid._, Sec. 2728.

[51] Nicholson, _Acts of Tenn._, 1846, Chap. 191, Sec. 1.

[52] Code of Tenn., _op. cit._, Sec. 2714.

[53] _Ibid._, Sec. 2793-2794. Cf. Statute Laws here.

[54] _Statute Laws, Tenn._, 1846, Ch. 191.

[55] Brackett, "The Negro in Maryland," _Johns Hopkins Studies_, Ch.