q.

[40] _Tennessee Constitutional Journal_, 1834, pp. 126 et seq.

[41] _Ibid._, pp. 184 et seq.

[42] _Ibid._, p. 200, p. 209.

[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.

[53] _Ibid._, Sec. 2793-2794. Cf. Statute Laws here.

[54] _Statute Laws, Tenn._, 1846, Ch. 191.

[55] Brackett, "The Negro in Maryland," _Johns Hopkins Studies_, Ch.
V, p. 191.

[56] _Ibid._, pp. 191-192.

[57] Personal Testimony, B. S.; J. P. Q. E.; E. S. M. Nashville, 1912.

[58] {Transcriber's Note: Missing footnote text in original.}

NEGRO LIFE AND HISTORY IN OUR SCHOOLS

The study of the ethnology and the history of the Negro has not yet
extended far beyond the limit of cold-blooded investigation. Prior to
the Civil War few Americans thought seriously of studying the Negro in
the sense of directing their efforts toward an acquisition of
knowledge of the race as one of the human family; and this field was
not more inviting to Europeans, for the reduction of the Negro to the
status of a tool for exploitation began in Europe. The race did
receive attention from pseudo-scientists, a few historians pointed out
the possibilities of research in this field, and others brought
forward certain interesting sketches of distinguished Negroes
exhibiting evidences of the desirable qualities manifested by other
races.

There was a new day for the Negro in history after the Civil War. This
rending of the nation was such an upheaval that American historians
eagerly applied themselves to the study of the ante-bellum period to
account for the economic, social, and political causes leading up to
this struggle. In their treatment of slavery and abolition, they had
to give the Negro some attention. In some cases, therefore, the
historians of that day occasionally departed from the scientific
standard to give personal sketches of Negroes indicating to some
extent the feeling, thought and the aspiration of the whole race.
Writers deeply i