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The Negro in Tennessee, 1790-1865

APPENDICES

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A. Anti-slavery Societies of Tennessee.

I. Tennessee Manumission Society 1815.

County Branches: Blount, Greene, Washington, Jefferson, Knox.

Local Branches: Bethesda, Beaver Creek, Carter’s Station, Chestooy, Dumplin Creek, French Broad, Hickory Creek, Holston, Knoxville, Little River, Maryville, Middle Creek, Mount Gilead, Nolachucky, Powell’s Valley, Stock Creek. Turkey Creek, and Rock Creek.

II. Humane Protection Society of Tennessee, 1821.

III. Moral, Religious Manumission Society of Tennessee, 1821.

IV. Emancipating Labor Society, 1826.

B. Tennessee Colonization Society, 1829.

Branches: Bolivar, Somerville, Memphis, Covington, Jackson, Paris, Clarksville, Columbia, Shelbyville, Winchester, Murfreesboro, Gallatin, Knoxville, Marysville, New Market, Jonesboro, Kingsport, Rutherford, Franklin.

C. Anti-slavery Leaders in Tennessee

Anderson, Robert

Brazelton, Santy

Boyd, James

Brooks, Stephen

Buckhart, George

Caldwell, James

Cain, Joseph

Callen, Archibald

Campbell, Alexander

Canaday, John

Cartwright, Peter

Coppock, Aaron

Coulson, John

Cowan, Andrew

Criswell, Andrew

Cummings, James

Daily, Hiram

Dalzel, David

Earnest, Lawrence

Earnest, Wesley

Embree, Elihu

Embree, Elijah

Frazier, Abner

Galbraith, James

Garrett, William

Gray, Asa

Hackney, Aaron

Hammer, Aaron

Hammer, Isaac

Hammer, Elisha

Harrison, Isaiah

Harris, John

Hodge, Thomas

Hooks, John

Houston, James

Huffaker, Justice

Kerr, John

Kendall, T. S.

Kennedy, James

Lee, William

Lee, Ephriam

Leeper, Allen

Lindsey, Philip

Lockhart, Jesse

Logan, Alexander

Lundy, Benjamin

Malcum, William

Mainess, Samuel

Marshall, John

Maulsby, David

McCampbell, James

McClellan, James

McCarkle, Francis

McKeen, Thomas H.

Deadrick, David

Doak, Samuel

Dean, Thomas

Eggleston, Elijah

Newman, Joseph

Osborn, Charles

Osborn. J.

Pardae, John

Pickering, Ellis

Pickering, Enos

Rankin, John

Rencan, Thomas

Roberts, William

Roy, Rev. John

Jones, James

Jones, Isaac

Jones, Isaiah

Jones, Thomas

Johnson, Josiah

Smith, Isaac

Snoddy, William

Stanfield, David

Swain, Elihu

Swain, John

Swan, John

Tuckers, Joseph

Underhill, Richard

Underhill, Jesse

McNees, Samuel

Milliken, William

Moore, John

Morgan, John

Wilkins, J. H.

Williams, John

Williams, Richard

Willis, Jesse

Wills, George

Wilson, P. N.

Woods, W. W.

Yerkley, Henry

D. List of Emigrants to Liberia from Tennessee, 1820-1866.

Ship Date No. of Emigrants

Ship Harriet January, 1829 2

Brig Liberia December, 1823 13

Ship Roanoke December, 1832 1

Brig Ajax May, 1833 5

Schooner Oriental May, 1837 34

Brig Rudolph Gronning February, 1841 10

Barque Union May, 1841 10

Ship Mariposa June, 1842 84

Barque Rothschild January, 1846 25

Schooner D. C. Foster March, 1850 35

Liberia Packet December, 1850 15

Brig Alida February, 1851 18

Liberia Packet December, 1851 25

Brig Julia Ford January, 1852 13

Brig Zebra December, 1852 28

Bark Adeline June, 1853 96

Brig General Pierce December, 1853 85

Ship Sophia Walker May, 1854 28

Brig Harp June, 1854 21

Brig General Pierce December, 1854 17

Bark Cora. May, 1855 13

Bark Cora November, 1855 31

Ship Elvira Owen May, 1856 42

Ship M. C. Stephens December, 1856 13

Ship M. C. Stephens May, 1857 23

Ship M. C. Stephens November, 1859 21

Ship M. C. Stephens May, 1860 8

Golconda November, 1866 144

E. Vice-Presidents of American Colonization Society from Tennessee.

Andrew Jackson. 1819-1822

Rt. Rev. Bishop Otey. 1840-1863

Rev. Dr. Edgar. 1845-1861

Rev. P. Lindsley, D.D. 1845-1854

Bishop Soule, D.D. 1848-1867

Hon. Frederick P. Stanton. 1851-1858

Hon. John Bell. 1861-1868

F. Comparative List of Manumission Societies and Members in United States.

Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York 4 300

Pennsylvania (East) 4 400

Pennsylvania (West) 12 500

Delaware 2 100

Maryland 11 500

District of Columbia 2 100

Virginia 8 250

Ohio 4 300

Kentucky 8 200

Tennessee 25 1,000

North Carolina 50 3,000

130 6,625

Exclusive of ten or twelve societies in Illinois. Observe that 106 of these societies were in slaveholding states.

G. Slave and Free Negro Population in Tennessee from 1790-1860.

1790. 3,417 361

1800. 13,584 309

1810. 44,734 1,318

1820. 80,105 2,739

1830. 141,647 4,511

1840. 183,059 5,524

1850. 239,439 6,442

1860. 275,719 7,300

H. Comparative Value of Land and Slaves in the Three Divisions of Tennessee, 1859.

Land Town Lots Slaves Other Property Aggregate

East Tennessee $ 46,127,012 $ 3,044,802 $ 10,470,926 $ 4,333,845 $ 64,186,514

Mid. Tennessee 114,053,549 5,832,718 55,850,579 13,229,968 188,867,004

West Tennessee 52,640,432 20,893,338 44,638,752 5,030,225 124,155,123

212,820,993 29,770,858 110,960,257 22,594,038 377,208,641

I. Approximate Value of Property, Slaves, Land, and Cotton in Tennessee.

Year Property Slaves Per Acre Land Per Lb. Cotton

1836. $117,845,136 $584.00 $4.00 $.17½

1838. 125,013,756 540.00 3.82 .13½

1840. 122,957,624 543.00 3.84 .09

1842. 118,847,672 509.00 3.56 .08

1844. 109,178,121 420.00 3.35 .07½

1846. 113,176,959 413.72 3.03 .05½

1848. 129,510,043 467.44 3.06 .09½

1850. 159,558,183 506.93 3.25 .12

1852. 186,621,119 547.26 3.84 .11

1854. 219,011,047 605.52 4.60 .12

1856. 260,319,611 689.00 5.49 .12½

1858. 320,398,012 792.23 7.04 .14

1859. 377,208,641 854.65 8.19 .15

J. Classification of Slave Holders in Tennessee and the United States, 1860.

Holders of Tennessee United States

1 7,820 76,670

2 4,738 45,934

3 3,609 34,747

4 3,012 28,907

5 2,536 24,225

6 2,066 20,600

7 1,783 17,235

8 1,565 14,852

9 1,260 12,511

10 to 15 3,779 40,367

15 to 20 1,744 21,315

20 to 30 1,623 20,789

30 to 40 643 9,648

40 to 50 284 5,179

50 to 70 219 5,217

70 to 100 116 3,149

100 to 200 40 1,980

200 to 300 6 224

300 to 500 1 74

500 to 1000 0 13

1000 and over 0 1

These figures are for the United States, exclusive of territories and District of Columbia.

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