Tennessee
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An Essay on the Trial by Jury
A U.S. state whose statutory juror qualifications or selection method are surveyed as part of the author's state-by-state argument that American juries are generally illegal.
In Tennessee, also, the jurors are to be selected by the county courts.
In New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Mississippi, the jurors are required to be freeholders.
The Unconstitutionality of Slavery
A state formerly part of North Carolina, argued to have never had legal slavery due to its constitution's provisions.
Of course there has never been any legal slavery in Tennessee.