The Manumission Society of Tennessee was active in the county as early as 1815, and the Quakers— who were relatively numerous in Blount at the time— were so vehemently opposed to slavery that they fought alongside the Union army, in spite of their pacifist agenda.
Die Manumission Society of Tennessee (Freilasungsgesellschaft) war im County bereits ab 1815 aktiv und die Quaker, — deren Gruppierung in Blount zu der Zeit ziemlich groß war — waren so vehement gegen Sklaverei, dass sie trotz ihrer pazifistischen Grundhaltung an der Seite der Unions-Armee kämpfen.