[13] Ibid., 1788, Ch. 7.
[14] Ibid., 1799, Ch. 9.
[15] R. T. Q., Jr., State Archives, Capitol Library, Tennessee.
[16] This is most natural, of course, but is inserted to emphasize the absolute quality of ownership, for the master was held responsible for the deed just as if he himself had committed it, and the slaves were morally irresponsible. But for other breaches of social good conduct the slave was the direct victim of the penalty, thus at once being slave and man, property and human being.
[17] Statute Laws of Tenn., 1819, Chap. 35.
[18] Acts, 2d Session Gen. Assembly (Knoxville), 1809.
[19] Statute Laws, 1813, Chap. 135.
[20] Ibid., 1826, Ch. 22, Sec. 1.
[21] Ibid., 1801, Ch. 27, Sec. 1.
[22] Acts of Gen. Assembly (Tenn.), 1822, Ch. 102.