[43] Constitution of Tenn., 1834, Art. 3, Sec. 1.

[44] Code of Tenn. '57, '58, Sec. 3809.

[45] Stephenson, Race Distinctions in American Law, p. 284. Tenn. Const. Conv. Journal, 1834, op. cit., p. 209.

[46] Bureau of the Census, "A Century of Pop. Growth," p. 82. Washington, 1909.

[47] Acts of Tenn., 1846, Chap. 47 (Nicholson).

[48] Code of 1858, Tenn., Art. IV, See. 2725.

[49] Ibid., Sec. 2725.

[50] Ibid., Sec. 2728.

[51] Nicholson, Acts of Tenn., 1846, Chap. 191, Sec. 1.

[52] Code of Tenn., op. cit., Sec. 2714.