[98] Acts of 1786, Ch. 5, Sec. 1.
[99] Acts of 1812, Ch. 88, Sec. 1.
[100] This oath reads: “I, A. B., do solemnly swear or affirm that I have removed myself and slaves to the State of Tennessee, with the full and sole view of becoming a citizen thereof, and that I have not brought my slave or slaves to this state with any view to the security of the same against any rebellion or apprehension of rebellion. So help me God.” Acts of 1812, Ch. 88, Sec. 2.
[101] Acts of 1812, Ch. 88, Sec. 3.
[102] Acts of 1815, Ch. 65, Sec. 1.
[103] Acts of 1826, Ch. 22, Sec. 2.
[104] Acts of 1826, Ch. 22, Sec. 3.
[105] Acts of 1855, Ch. 64, Sec. 1.
[106] Journal of the Constitutional Convention of 1834, 87-147.
[107] Comptroller’s Report to General Assembly, 1859-60, 17.