Publications of the University of Texas Publications Committee: FREDERIC DUNCALF G. C. BUTTE KILLIS CAMPBELL F. W. GRAFF J. L. HENDERSON E. J. MATHEWS H. J. MULLER A. E. TROMBLY HAL C. WEAVER The University publishes bulletins four times a month, so numbered that the first two digits of the number show the year of issue, the last two the position in the yearly series. (For example, No. 2201 is the first bulletin of the year 1922.) These comprise the official publications of the University, publications on humanistic and scientific subjects, bulletins prepared by the Bureau of Extension, by the Bureau of Economic Geology and Technology, and other bulletins of general educational interest. With the exception of special numbers, any bulletin will be sent to a citizen of Texas free on request. All communications about University publications should be addressed to University Publications, University of Texas, Austin. University of Texas Bulletin No. 2205: February 1, 1922 THE NEGRO IN TENNESSEE, 1790-1865 BY CALEB PERRY PATTERSON Adjunct Professor of Government in the University of Texas [Illustration] PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY FOUR TIMES A MONTH, AND ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AT THE POSTOFFICE AT AUSTIN, TEXAS, UNDER THE ACT OF AUGUST 24, 1912 The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government. Sam Houston Cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy.... It is the only dictator that freemen acknowledge and the only security that freemen desire. Mirabeau B. Lamar CONTENTS Preface 7-8 I. Introduction of Slavery into Tennessee 9-24 I. The status of the negro in North Carolina, 1693-1790 12-21 A. Privileges 12-18 B. Restrictions 18-21 II. The status of the negro in the Franklin State, 1785-1788 22-23 III. The status of the negro in the Southwest Territory, 1790-1796 23-24 II. The Status of the Slave in Tennessee, 1796-1865 25-58 I. The Privileges of Slaves 25-30 A. Hunting 25-26 B. Travel 26 C. Suits for freedom 26-28