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Slaves were gradually emancipated by Tennessee law beginning in 1865. | Slaves were gradually emancipated by Tennessee law beginning in 1865. | ||
Not all black residents of Tennessee were slaves before the Civil War. The following is a list of free blacks living in Tennessee counties at the time the 1820 U.S. Federal Census was taken (census records do not survive for all counties that year): | |||
*"'Free Colored' Heads of Household in the 1820 Tennessee Census," available [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Tenn_1820.htm online], courtesy: [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/ Free African Americans] website. | |||
== '''Post-Civil War''' == | == '''Post-Civil War''' == | ||