History of slavery in Tennessee

[4] Memphis, Tennessee was one of the central hubs of the interstate slave trade, along with Washington, Richmond, Charleston, Savannah, and New Orleans.

[5] Nashville was a second-tier market, "advantageously situated for purchases in Kentucky and sales in northern Alabama and northeastern Mississippi....Much local and intra-state trading was a matter of course.

"[5] East Tennessee manifested early abolitionism and colonization-movement activism but slavery remained widespread in that region until emancipation.

"[7] Hiring out of slave laborers was extremely common and provided significant household income for their enslavers.

[9] In 2022, voters passed a measure that removed language in Tennessee state laws that permitted slavery or involuntary servitude as a form of punishment, a change intended to prevent abuses in the use of convict labor.

Alfred Jackson (1812–1901) was a body servant, carriage driver, stableman, tenant farmer, building caretaker, and tour guide at the Hermitage , Andrew Jackson 's mansion in Tennessee, United States. He lived at the Hermitage longer than any other person, and was a valued living history resource in later life, especially after the Ladies' Hermitage Association took over the building in 1889. [ 1 ]