The Negro in Tennessee, 1790-1865

Name: The Negro in Tennessee, 1790-1865
Author: C. Perry Patterson

by C. Perry Patterson

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THE NEGRO IN TENNESSEE, 1790-1865
CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER I Introduction
I. The Status of the Negro in North Carolina from 1693-1790
A. PRIVILEGES—
B. RESTRICTIONS—
II. The Status of the Negro in the State of Franklin from 1785 to 1788
III. The Status of the Negro in the Southwest Territory from 1790 to 1796
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER II The Legal Status of the Slave in Tennessee
I. The Privileges of Slaves—
A. Hunting.
B. Travel.
C. Suits for Freedom.
D. Trial of Slaves.
II. Disabilities of Slaves—
III. Relation of the Master and Society—
A. Liabilities of the Master to Society.
B. Liabilities of Society to the Master for Abusing His Slave.
IV. The Patrol System—
V. Special Problems of Slave Government—
A. The Runaway.
B. Importation of Slaves.
C. The Stealing of Slaves.
D. Trading With Slaves.
E. Insurrections.
F. The Assembly of Slaves.
G. Punishment of Slaves—
VI. Title to Slaves—
VII. The Law of Increase—
VIII. The Legal Status of the Slave—
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER III Economics of Slavery in Tennessee
I. Slavery an Expression of the Soil.
II. The Management of the Plantation.
III. Was Slavery Profitable in Tennessee?
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER IV Anti-slavery Societies
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER V Religious and Social Aspects of Slavery
I. The Methodists.
II. The Baptists.
III. Cumberland Presbyterians.
IV. The Friends.
V. The Presbyterians.
VI. The Episcopalians.
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER VI Legal Status of the Free Negro
I. The Establishment of a Policy.
A. The Policy of North Carolina.
B. The Policy of Tennessee to 1831.
C. Changes in the Policy.
II. Registration of Free Negroes.
III. Protection of Free Negroes.
IV. The Suffrage for Free Negroes.
A. The Suffrage for Free Negroes in North Carolina.
B. Suffrage in the Convention of 1796.
C. Suffrage from 1796 to 1834.
D. Suffrage in the Convention of 1834.
V. Limitations Upon the Freedom of Free Negroes.
VI. The Legal Status of the Free Negro.
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER VII Abolition
I. Private Abolition.
A. METHODS.
B. THE EXTENT OF EMANCIPATION IN TENNESSEE.
II. Anti-slavery Leaders.
III. Abolition Literature.
IV. Petitions to the Legislature for Abolition.
V. Abolition in the Convention of 1834.
VI. Abolition Sentiment After 1834.
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER VIII Conclusions
BIBLIOGRAPHY
A. Sources.
I. Records.
II. Documents.
III. General Slave Treatises.
IV. North Carolina Codes.
V. Codes of Tennessee.
VI. Court Reports of North Carolina and Tennessee.
VII. Reports of the Comptroller to the General Assembly for the years 1850, 1855-6, 1856, 1857-8, and 1859-60.
VIII. Reports, Proceedings, and Minutes.
IX. Periodicals.
X. Newspapers.
XI. Petitions in the State Archives at Nashville in Manuscript covering period 1809-1834. XII. Personal Writings and Reminiscences.
B. Secondary Works.
I. State Histories.
II. General Histories.
III. Biography.
IV. Church History.
APPENDICES
A. Anti-slavery Societies of Tennessee.
B. Tennessee Colonization Society, 1829.
C. Anti-slavery Leaders in Tennessee
D. List of Emigrants to Liberia from Tennessee, 1820-1866.
E. Vice-Presidents of American Colonization Society from Tennessee.
F. Comparative List of Manumission Societies and Members in United States.
G. Slave and Free Negro Population in Tennessee from 1790-1860.
H. Comparative Value of Land and Slaves in the Three Divisions of Tennessee, 1859.
I. Approximate Value of Property, Slaves, Land, and Cotton in Tennessee.
J. Classification of Slave Holders in Tennessee and the United States, 1860.
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