TENNESSEE: Click this link to see all slave labor sites in the state.
- Statehood: 1796; some counties were established before Tennessee became a state
- COUNTIES: Click one of the counties below to see all plantations/ workplaces in that county.
| County | Year Est. | Details |
| Anderson | 1801 | from Knox and Grainger counties |
| Bedford | 1807 | from Rutherford County |
| Benton | 1835 | from Humphreys County |
| Bledsoe | 1807 | from Roane County and Indian lands |
| Blount | 1795 | from Knox County |
| Bradley | 1836 | from Indian lands |
| Campbell | 1806 | from Anderson and Claiborne counties |
| Cannon | 1836 | from Rutherford, Smith and Warren counties |
| Carroll | 1821 | from Indian lands |
| Carter | 1796 | from Washington County |
| Cheatham | 1856 | from Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery and Robertson counties |
| Chester | 1879 | from Hardeman, Henderson, McNairy and Madison counties |
| Claiborne | 1801 | from Grainger and Hawkins counties |
| Clay | 1870 | from Jackson and Overton counties |
| Cocke | 1797 | from Jefferson County |
| Coffee | 1836 | from Bedford, Warren and Franklin counties |
| Crockett | 1871 | from Haywood, Madison, Dyer and Gibson counties |
| Cumberland | 1855 | from White, Bledsoe, Rhea, Morgan, Fentress and Putnam counties |
| Davidson | 1783 | from Part of North Carolina |
| Decatur | 1845 | from Perry County |
| DeKalb | 1837 | from Franklin, Cannon, Jackson and White counties |
| Dickson | 1803 | from Montgomery and Robertson counties |
| Dyer | 1823 | from Indian lands |
| Fayette | 1824 | from Indian lands |
| Fentress | 1823 | from Morgan, Overton, and White counties |
| Franklin | 1807 | from Rutherford County and Indian lands |
| Gibson | 1823 | from Indian lands |
| Giles | 1809 | from Indian lands |
| Grainger | 1796 | from Hawkins and Knox counties |
| Greene | 1783 | from Washington County |
| Grundy | 1844 | from Coffee, Warren, and Franklin counties |
| Hamblen | 1870 | from Jefferson, Grainger, and Greene counties |
| Hamilton | 1819 | from Rhea County and Indian lands |
| Hancock | 1844 | from Hawkins and Claiborne counties |
| Hardeman | 1823 | from Hardin County and Indian lands |
| Hardin | 1819 | from Indian lands |
| Hawkins | 1786 | from Sullivan County |
| Haywood | 1823 | from Indian lands |
| Henderson | 1821 | from Indian lands |
| Henry | 1821 | from Indian lands |
| Hickman | 1807 | from Dickson County |
| Houston | 1871 | from Dickson, Humphreys, Montgomery, and Stewart counties |
| Humphreys | 1809 | from Stewart County |
| Jackson | 1801 | from Smith County and Indian lands |
| Jefferson | 1792 | from Greene and Hawkins counties |
| Johnson | 1836 | from Carter County |
| Knox | 1792 | from Greene and Hawkins counties |
| Lake | 1870 | from Obion County |
| Lauderdale | 1835 | from Haywood, Dyer and Tipton counties |
| Lawrence | 1817 | from Hickman County and Indian lands |
| Lewis | 1843 | from Hickman, Lawrence, Maury, and Wayne counties |
| Lincoln | 1809 | from Bedford County |
| Loudon | 1870 | from Roane, Monroe, Blount and McMinn counties |
| Macon | 1842 | from Smith and Sumner counties |
| Madison | 1821 | from Indian lands |
| Marion | 1817 | from Indian lands |
| Marshall | 1836 | from Giles, Bedford, Lincoln, and Maury counties |
| Maury | 1807 | from Williamson County and Indian lands |
| McMinn | 1819 | from Indian lands |
| McNairy | 1823 | from Hardin County |
| Meigs | 1836 | from Rhea County |
| Monroe | 1819 | from Indian lands |
| Montgomery | 1796 | from Tennessee County |
| Moore | 1871 | from Bedford, Lincoln, and Franklin counties |
| Morgan | 1817 | from Anderson and Roane counties |
| Obion | 1823 | from Indian lands |
| Overton | 1806 | from Jackson County and Indian lands |
| Perry | 1819 | from Humphreys and Hickman counties |
| Pickett | 1879 | from Fentress and Overton counties |
| Polk | 1839 | from McMinn and Bradley counties |
| Putnam | 1854 | from Fentress, Jackson, Smith, White and Overton counties |
| Rhea | 1807 | from Roane County |
| Roane | 1801 | from Knox County and Indian lands |
| Robertson | 1796 | from Tennessee and Sumner counties |
| Rutherford | 1803 | from Davidson, Williamson and Wilson counties |
| Scott | 1849 | from Anderson, Campbell, Fentress and Morgan counties |
| Sequatchie | 1857 | from Hamilton, Marion and Warren counties |
| Sevier | 1794 | from Jefferson County |
| Shelby | 1819 | from Chickasaw Nation lands acquired through the Jackson Purchase |
| Smith | 1799 | from Sumner County and Indian lands |
| Stewart | 1803 | from Montgomery County |
| Sullivan | 1779 | from Washington County |
| Sumner | 1786 | from Davidson County |
| Tipton | 1823 | from Shelby County (previously Chickasaw lands) |
| Trousdale | 1870 | from Wilson, Macon, Smith and Sumner counties |
| Unicoi | 1875 | from Washington and Carter County |
| Union | 1850 | from Grainger, Claiborne, Campbell, Anderson and Knox counties |
| Van Buren | 1840 | from Warren and White counties |
| Warren | 1807 | from White, Jackson, Smith counties and Indian lands |
| Washington | 1777 | from Part of North Carolina |
| Wayne | 1817 | from Hickman County |
| Weakley | 1823 | from Indian lands |
| White | 1806 | from Jackson and Smith counties |
| Williamson | 1799 | from Davidson County |
| Wilson | 1799 | from Sumner County |
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