A. Sources.
I. Records.
1. Colonial Papers 1661.
2. Colonial Entry Book No. 73.
3. Colonial Records of North Carolina, I-X (1662-1776).
4. State Records of North Carolina, XI-XXVI (1776-1790).
5. Journal of the Legislative Council of the Southwest Territory (1794-1796).
6. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Southwest Territory (1794-1795).
7. Annals of Congress, 17th Congress, 1st Session.
8. Annals of Tennessee, Ramsey, J. G. M., Philadelphia, 1860.
9. Whig Almanac for the years 1836, 1844, and 1848.
10. American Anti-slavery Almanac for 1836.
11. Congressional Globe, 1st Session, 33rd Congress; and 2nd Session, 38th Congress.
II. Documents.
1. The Constitution of North Carolina, 1776.
2. The Constitution of Franklin, 1785.
3. The Constitution of the United States, 1787.
4. The Constitution of Kentucky, 1799.
5. The Constitution of Tennessee, 1796.
6. The Constitution of Tennessee, 1834.
7. The Constitution of Tennessee, 1870.
8. Thorpe, Francis Newton, Federal and State Constitutions, 7 vols., Washington, 1909.
9. MacDonald, William, Select Charters Illustrative of American History, New York, 1904.
10. United States Census of 1850, I, Population.
11. Statistical Abstract of United States, 1906.
12. United States Statutes at Large, I.
13. United States Census of 1870, I, Population.
14. Colonial and State Statutes of North Carolina, Colonial Records, Vols. XXIII-XXV (1715-1790).
15. Statutes of the Southwest Territory, 1790-1795.
16. Acts of Tennessee.
a. Public Acts.
1st Sess. (1799), 1st Sess. (1801), 1st Sess. (1803), 1st Sess. (1806), 1st Sess. (1807), 1st Sess. (1813), 1st Sess. (1815), 1st Sess. (1817), 1st Sess. (1819), 1st Sess. (1821), 1st Sess. (1823), 1st Sess. (1825), Extra Sess. (1826), 1st Sess. (1827), 1st Sess. (1829), 1st Sess. (1831), 1st Sess. (1832), 1st Sess. (1833), 1st Sess. (1835-6), 1st Sess. (1837-8), 1st Sess. (1839), 1st Sess. (1839), 1st Sess. (1842), 1st Sess. (1843-4), 1st Sess. (1846), 1st Sess. (1847-8), 1st Sess. (1849-50), 1st Sess. (1851-2), 1st Sess. (1853-4), 1st Sess. (1855-6), 1st Sess. (1857-8), 1st Sess. (1861), 1st Sess. (1865).
b. Private Acts.
Called Sess. (1824), 1st Sess. (1833).
III. General Slave Treatises.
1. Dobb, T. R. R., Inquiry into the Law of Negro Slavery in the United States, Philadelphia, 1858.
2. Goodell, William, The American Slave Code in Theory and Practice, New York, 1853.
3. Hurd, John Codman, Laws of Freedom and Bondage, 2 Vols., Boston, 1858-1862.
4. Straud, George M., Sketch of the Laws Relating to Slavery, Philadelphia, 1856.
5. Wheeler, Jacob D., A Practical Treatise on the Law of Slavery, New York, 1837.
IV. North Carolina Codes.
1. Davis, James, Laws of North Carolina (this is really an edition of Swann’s Laws), New Berne, 1752.
2. Iredell, James, Laws of North Carolina, Edenton, 1791.
3. Swann, Samuel, Laws of North Carolina, New Berne, 1752.
V. Codes of Tennessee.
1. Caruthers, R. L., Laws of Tennessee, Nashville, 1810.
2. Caruthers, R. L., and Nicholson, A. O. P., Statutes of Tennessee (1786-1836).
3. Haywood, John, Laws of Tennessee, Nashville, 1810.
4. Haywood, John, and Cobb, Robt. L., Laws of Tennessee, Nashville, 1831.
5. Meigs, Return J., and Cooper, William F., Code of Tennessee, Nashville, 1858.
6. Nicholson, A. O. P., Laws of Tennessee, Nashville, 1846.
7. Scott, Edward, Laws of Tennessee (1715-1820).
VI. Court Reports of North Carolina and Tennessee.
1. Caldwell, Thomas H., 7 Vols. (1860-1870), Columbia, Mo., 1906.
2. Hawks, Francis L., 3 Vols. (1821-1825), Winston, N. C., 1897.
3. Head, John W., 3 Vols. (1858-1859), Columbia, Mo., 1906.
4. Heiskell, Joseph B., 12 Vols. (1870-1874), Louisville, Ky., 1903.
5. Humphrey, West H., 11 Vols. (1839-1851), Louisville, Ky., 1903.
6. Lea, Benjamin J., 16 Vols. (1878-1886), Louisville, Ky., 1902.
7. Martin, John H., and Yerger, George S., 1 Vol. (1827-1828), Louisville, Ky., 1903.
8. Meigs, Return J., 1 Vol. (1838-1839), Louisville, Ky., 1903.
9. Sneed, John L. T., 5 Vols. (1853-1858), Columbia, Mo., 1906.
10. Yerger, George S., 10 Vols. (1818-1837), Columbia, Mo., 1912.
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.
1. Minutes of the American Convention for the years 1822, 1823, 1825, 1827, 1829, 1830, 1848, 1852, 1860, and 1867 (1818-1867).
2. Minutes of the General Methodist Conferences, 1773-1844.
3. Minutes of the General Conferences of the Methodist Church South, 1845-1865.
4. Minutes of the Annual Conferences of the Methodists in Tennessee, 1813-1865 (Quoted in McFerrin, History of Methodism in Tennessee).
5. Proceedings of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1845-1865.
6. Minutes of the Cumberland Presbyterian Assembly, 1811-1865.
7. Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, 1795-1865.
8. The Fifth and Twenty-seventh Annual Reports of the American Anti-slavery Society.
9. The Ninth and Thirteenth Annual Reports of the American and Foreign Anti-slavery Society for the years 1849 ad 1853.
IX. Periodicals.
The Genius of Universal Emancipation, Vols. I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII.
American Historical Magazine, II, IX, XXI.
Publications of Vanderbilt Southern Historical Society, No. 2.
Indiana Historical Society Publications, Vol. 2.
The Tennessee History Magazine, Vols. 1, 2, and 4.
Quarterly Anti-Slavery Magazine, Vols. 1, 2, and 4.
Niles Register, Vols. 1-75 (1811-1849), Washington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia.
De Bow, J. D. B., Commercial Review of the South and West, 39 Vols. (1846-1870), New Orleans.
African Repository, Vols. V, VI, VII, IX, XXII, XXIII. XXIV, XXV.
American Historical Review, Vols. III, V.
Publications of North Carolina Historical Commission, I.
Political Science Quarterly, Vols. IX, XX.
Southern History Association Publications, II.
Quarterly Review of the M. E. Church, South, April, 1892.
Methodist Quarterly Review, Vols. LVII and LXIII.
The Liberator, July 25, 1835.
The Emancipator (New York), March 8 and 16, 1838.
X. Newspapers.
The Aurora and General Advertiser, Memphis, September 3, 1802.
Nashville Banner, Nashville, October 15 and November 16, 1833.
The Knoxville Gazette, Knoxville, January 23, 1797.
Christian Advocate and Journal, Bolivar, 1831.
Tennessee Gazette and Mero District, Nashville, November 22, 1805.
The Practical Farmer and Mechanic, Somerville, 1857.
Nashville Republican and State Gazette, Nashville, July 1, 5, 10, 15, 28, 1834.
The Western Freeman, Shelbyville, September 6, 1831.
The Charleston Mercury, Charleston, S. C., April 30, 1861.
Memphis Avalanche and Memphis Appeal, Memphis, May 9, 10, and 11, 1861.
Randolph Recorder, Vol. I, Covington, 1834.
Memphis Enquirer, Vols. I and II, Memphis, 1836-1837.
The Weekly American Eagle, Vols. II-V, Memphis, 1843-1847.
The Memphis Daily Eagle, Vols. III-VII, 1846-1850. Memphis.
The Tri-Weekly Memphis Enquirer, IV, 1846, Memphis.
Memphis Daily Appeal, V, 1855, Memphis.
XI. Petitions in the State Archives at Nashville in Manuscript covering period 1809-1834.
XII. Personal Writings and Reminiscences.
1. Cartwright, Peter, Autobiography, Edited by W. P. Strickland, New York, 1892-1897.
2. Jefferson, Thomas, Writings, Edited by P. L. Ford, 10 Vols., New York, 1892-1897.
3. Johnson, Rev. John and His House, Recollections, An Autobiography, Edited by Mrs. Susannah Johnson, Nashville, 1869.
4. Otey, Rt. Rev. James H., Memoirs, Edited by W. M. Green, New York, 1885.
5. Pendleton, James Madison. Reminiscences of a Long Life, Louisville, 1891.
6. Sumner, Charles, Works, 15 Vols., Boston. 1874-1883.
7. Stirling, James, Letters from the Slave States, London, 1857.
8. Thomas, Thomas Ebenezer, Correspondence Mainly Relative to the Anti-slavery Conflict in Ohio, especially in the Presbyterian Church, Dayton, 1909.