Involving slavery Reference cases involving slavery All cases Cases with short summaries Cases with full summaries
Short Name ▲ Citation Summary Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction Link
Click v. Click 1 Heisk. 607 Estate administration involving slaves 1870 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Coalter’s ex’or v. Bryan 1 Gratt. 18 1844 0 Virginia Caselaw Access Project
Cobb v. O'Neal 2 Sneed 438 Action on the case to recover damages for unsoundness of a slave 1854 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Cobb, Welsh & Co. v. Johnson 2 Sneed 73 Action of trover to recover damages for conversion and loss of a slave 1854 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Cochreham v. Kirkpatrick 1 Heisk. 327 Dispute over manumission of a slave through will 1870 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Cocke v. Trotter 10 Yer. 213 Dispute over validity of bill of sale for a slave 1836 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Coffee v. Neely 2 Heisk. 304 Dispute over judgement to be paid, question of liability for value of slave left open 1871 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Coleman v. Pinkard 2 Hum. 185 Dispute over right to slave conveyed by will by creditors of decedent 1840 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Coles v. Anderson 8 Hum. 489 Dispute over judgement rendered against slaves and land 1847 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Coles v. County of Madison 1 Ill. 154 1826 0 Illinois Caselaw Access Project
Cole v. Cole 5 Sneed 57 Action to rescind a marriage (and any slave/property conveyances thereof) due to wife being of unsound mind to enter a marriage contract 1857 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Collins v. Hutchins 21 Ga. 270 1857 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Collins v. Mitchell 5 Fla. 364 1853 0 Florida Caselaw Access Project
Collomb v. Taylor 9 Hum. 689 Action of trespsass to recover the value of slave stolen and claimed under the laws on Louisiana 1849 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Commissioners of Homochitto River v. Withers 29 Miss. 21 1855 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Commonwealth v. Turner 5 Rand. 678 1827 0 Virginia Caselaw Access Project
Connell v. Furgason 5 Cold. 401 Executor liable for loss plus interest for conversion of slaves to be delivered for his own purposes 1868 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Conner v. Crunk 2 Head 246 Action for deceit and breach of warranty of soundness for sale of a slave and her son 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Cooley v. Steele 39 Tenn. (Head) 605 Feme covert action for share of slaves from husband beqeathed to her by her father 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Cooley v. Weeks 10 Yer. 141 Dispute over execution/right to redeem upon a slave 1836 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Cooper v. State 67 Tenn. 324 A master cannot beat a negro hired to him without the negro's father's consent 1874 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Cooper v. Summers 1 Sneed 453 Inquisition of lunacy for old lady who owns slaves 1853 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Copeland v. Bennet 10 Yer. 355 Dispute over whether conveyance of a slave was a mortgage or an absolute sale 1837 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Coppedge v. Threadgill 3 Sneed 577 Wife seeking to have an assignment of slaves made separate for her individual use apart from her husband 1856 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Corn v. Brazelton 2 Swan 273 Action of replevin for two slaves 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Couch v. Jones 49 N.C. (Jones) 402 1857 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Cowan v. Anderson 7 Cold. 284 Estate administration dispute involving sale of slaves 1869 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Coward v. Thompson 4 Cold. 442 The loss falls on the hirer of a slave in which period slavery is abolished 1867 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Cox v. Hodge 1 Swan 371 Action for trover for conversion of a slave 1851 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Cox v. Rutledge 18 Ga. 294 1855 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Craddock v. Cabiness 1 Swan 474 Action to set aside two conveyances of slaves 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Creed v. White 11 Hum. 549 Action of trover for conversion of a slave 1851 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Crippen v. Bearden 5 Hum. 129 Action by widow and children of decedent against administrator for failure to properly collect debts due to the estate including on a slave 1844 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Crippen v. Crippen 1 Head 128 Estate administration dispute involving sale of slaves to pay outstanding debts 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Crisp v. Miller 5 Heisk. 697 Slave sold while pledged to secure a debt 1871 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Crittenden v. Posey 1 Head 311 Action to recover slaves from purchaser by reversioner 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Croft v. State 6 Hum. 317 White man appeal for conviction of stealing a slave 1845 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Cross v. Bloomer 65 Tenn. 74 Error in estate administration involving a slave 1873 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Cruse v. McKee 2 Head 1 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Crutcher v. Crutcher 11 Hum. 377 Will construction involving title to slaves 1850 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Cunningham v. Wood 4 Hum. 417 Action to restrain the sale of a slave by the sheriff who executed a judgement on the slave 1843 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Curd v. Bonner 4 Cold. 632 Estate administration dispute involving sale of slaves 1867 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Daniel v. McClelland 7 Hum. 298 Action for breach of warranties in sale of slaves 1846 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Darden v. Hatcher 1 Cold. 513 Estate administration dispute involving title to slaves and debts 1860 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Darden v. Orgain 5 Cold. 211 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1867 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Davis v. Bawcum 10 Heisk. 406 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1873 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Deadrick v. Armour 10 Hum. 588 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1850 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Dearin v. Fitzpatrick 1 Meigs 551 Dispute over right to property in estate that had been sold and subsequent conveyance of a slave accordingly 1838 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
DeBerry v. Hurt 66 Tenn. 390 Emancipation by will disputed 1874 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
De Blane v. Hugh Lynch & Co. 23 Tex. 25 1859 0 Texas Caselaw Access Project
Decherd v. Blanton 3 Sneed 373 Dispute over partnership debt secured in slaves 1855 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Deer v. Devin 1 Hum. 66 Dispute over title to slave conveyed through parol gift in Virginia 1839 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
DeGraffenreid v. Green 1 Cold. 109 Dispute over title to slaves placed in a trust 1860 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Dement v. Scott 2 Head 367 Action to recover value of slave who died while hired out 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Den ex dem. Ferebee v. Procter 19 N.C. (Dev. & Bat.) 439 1837 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Dennis v. Anderson 2 Hen. & M. 289 1808 0 Virginia Caselaw Access Project
Dennis v. Dennis 15 Md. 73 1860 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
Dennis v. State 5 Ark. 230 1843 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
De Sobry v. de Laistre 2 H. & J. 191 1806 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
Dibrell v. Williams 3 Cold. 528 Dispute over forced debt sale of slaves 1866 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Dickinson v. Cruise 1 Head 258 Dispute over payment for hired slave who died before performing any work 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Dick v. Pitchford 21 N.C. (Dev. & Bat. Eq.) 480 1837 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Dillard v. Dillard 3 Hum. 41 Action to recover a slave sold to satisfy a judgement 1842 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Dodge v. Brittain 1 Meigs 84 Dispute over malicious prosecution of a woman for receiving stolen goods from her slave 1838 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Doran v. Brazelton 2 Swan 149 Dispute over whether slaves have to sue by their next friend who is white for their freedom 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Doss v. Birks 11 Hum. 431 Action for slanderous words spoken by a witness at a slave trial for insolence 1850 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Dougherty v. Curle 2 Hum. 453 Dispute over parol sale of slave occuring in Alabama but title contested in Tennessee 1841 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Douglass v. Cross 6 Cold. 416 Action for assumpsit for sale of slave boy 1869 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Douglass v. Harrison 2 Sneed 382 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1854 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Douglas v. Morford 8 Yer. 373 Action of trover to recover a slave due to invalid bill of sale 1835 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Dowell v. Bailey 10 Yer. 489 Action of trover to recover the value of a slave who was not re-delivered 1837 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Downing v. Johnson 5 Cold. 229 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1867 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Drake v. Bayliss 1 Hum. 174 Action to recover possession of a slave improperly conveyed by adminstator 1839 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Draper v. Joiner 9 Hum. 612 Dispute over sale of slaves of an estate by a guardian 1848 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Duckworth v. Overton 1 Swan 381 Action for trover for slave loaned and not returned 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Dunbar v. McFall 9 Hum. 505 Action of replevin for slaves 1848 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Duncan v. Magette 25 Tex. 245 1860 0 Texas Caselaw Access Project
Duncan v. Philips 3 Head 415 Estate administration dispute, whether widow's inheritance terminated upon new marriage 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Duncan v. State 7 Hum. 148 White ship captain appeal for conviction of unlawfully carrying slaves away from their masters 1846 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Dunnaway v. State 9 Yer. 350 White man appeal for conviction of keeping a disorderly common house where he would allow a large group of slaves to drink 1836 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad v. John 5 Sneed 524 Action to recover damages for slave boy killed by a train 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Eatherly v. Eatherly 1 Cold. 461 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1860 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Eaton v. Breathett 8 Hum. 534 Attachment bill for forced sale of slaves to satisfy the debt 1847 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Eaves v. Gillespie 1 Swan 128 Dispute over parol gift of slaves 1851 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Edelin v. Sanders 8 Md. 118 1855 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
Edens v. Williams’s Executor 3 Mur. 27 1819 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Elias v. Smith 6 Hum. 33 Free black man action to enjoin executions levied on his wife and son to collect on his debts 1845 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Elijah v. State 1 Hum. 102 Slave appeal for conviction of assault with intent to commit murder in the first degree 1839 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Elijah v. State 2 Hum. 455 Slave appeal for conviction of assault with intent to commit murder in the first degree 1841 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Ellick v. State 1 Swan 325 Slave appeal for conviction of rape on free white woman 1851 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Elliott v. Blair 5 Cold. 185 Estate administration dispute involving title to slaves 1867 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Elliott v. Carter 9 Gratt. 541 1853 0 Virginia Caselaw Access Project
Elliott v. Cochran 2 Sneed 468 Action to recover slaves sold from an estate by the children of the deceased purporting to have title 1855 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Elliott v. Holder 3 Head 698 Action to recover slaves from potential adverse possessor 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Elliot v. Cochran 1 Cold. 389 Correction of a decree to sell slaves to pay debts 1860 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Ellis v. Fisher 3 Sneed 231 Construction of a will dispute involving title to slaves 1855 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Embry v. Morrison 63 Tenn. 186 Former slave was entitled to relief on a bill of recision for land he had purchased 1874 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
English v. Tomlinson 8 Hum. 378 Dispute over contract scheme to purchase slaves at an execution sale and sell them back to indebted owner at a very low price 1847 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Ensley v. Balentine 4 Hum. 233 Sheriff who had appropriated judgement money paid his surety's back in land and slaves, dispute over actual ownership of repayment property 1843 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Estill v. Deckerd 63 Tenn. 497 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1874 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Etheridge v. Edwards 1 Swan 426 Action of trover for the conversion of a slave 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Evans v. Higdon 60 Tenn. 245 Replevin for a mule lost in the care of a slave 1872 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Evans v. Merriken 8 G. & J. 39 1836 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
Evans' v. Wells 7 Hum. 559 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1847 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Executors of Tally v. Henry 1 Cold. 290 Dispute over alleged undue influence over bill of sale for a slave 1860 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Eyre v. Jacob 14 Gratt. 422 1858 0 Virginia Caselaw Access Project
Ezell v. Franklin 2 Sneed 236 Action for breach of warranty in sale of a slave 1854 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Fall v. Roper 3 Head 485 Action for an attachment to be filed on for creditor's to collect debts secured against land and slaves 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Fanning v. Fly 2 Cold. 486 Action of trespass to recover damages from conversion of a slave 1865 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Fanny v. State 6 Mo. 122 1839 0 Missouri Caselaw Access Project
Farnsworth v. Arnold 3 Sneed 252 Action in detinue for stop a slave being sold by virtue of an execution against the slave 1855 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Farnsworth v. Dinsmore 2 Swan 38 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Farnsworth v. Earnest 7 Hum. 24 Action to enjoin a portion of the sale price of the slave for violation of the warranty of soundness in the sale 1846 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Farnsworth v. Lemons 11 Hum. 140 Dispute over title to increase of a slave conveyed through will 1850 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
F. & C. Turnpike Co. v. Young 8 Hum. 103 Dispute over execution levied upon slaves to pay debts 1847 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Ferguson v. Mason 2 Sneed 618 Action of trover for alleged conversion of a slave 1855 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Ferrel v. Finch 8 Yer. 432 Action of trover to recover a slave seized under an execution 1835 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Ferris v. Eichbaum 63 Tenn. 70 Sale of land including slave disputed by trustor 1874 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Fields v. Carney 63 Tenn. 137 Debt of conveyance of land bought with proceeds from slave sale 1874 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Field v. Arrowsmith 3 Hum. 442 Dispute between surety and trustee of an insolvent debtor to proceeds from sale of a slave to satisfy a judgement 1842 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Finch v. Rogers 11 Hum. 559 Action by heirs to recover slaves sold in an estate sale 1851 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Finis v. Cannon 4 Cold. 121 Owner of vested remainder in slave entitled to increase in value, not the life tenant 1867 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Fisher’s Negroes v. Dabbs 6 Yer. 119 1834 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Fisher v. Cummings 7 Hum. 232 Creditor action to recover debts owed by slaveholder preparing to move slaves out of state to avoid judgement 1846 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Fitzgerald v. Vestal 4 Sneed 258 Dispute over assignment of debts to estate containing slaves 1856 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Fitzpatrick v. School Commissioners 7 Hum. 224 Action of debt secured in deed of trust on slaves 1846 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Fletcher v. State 6 Hum. 249 White man appeal for conviction of giving a slave counterfeit money 1845 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Flora v. State 4 Port. 111 1836 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Flowers v. Wilkes 1 Swan 408 Action for replevin for a slave allegedly given as a gift 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Floyd v. Goodwin 16 Tenn. (Yer.) 484 Action of detinue to recover two slaves upon whom a judgement was executed 1835 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Fogg v. Rogers 2 Cold. 290 Dispute over trust conveyance of land and slaves 1865 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Ford v. Ford 1 Swan 431 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Ford v. Ford 2 Cold. 74 Estate administration dispute to which slaves are a party 1865 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Ford v. Ford 7 Hum. 92 Slaves purported to be emancipated in a will offered will for probate when named executor refused to do so 1846 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Ford v. Thompson 1 Head 265 Action of debt for breach of warranty of soundness in sale of a slave 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Forgay v. Conrad 47 U.S. 201 1848 0 United States Caselaw Access Project
Forsey v. Luton 2 Head 183 Construction of a will dispute involving title to slaves 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Fossett v. Turnage 9 Hum. 686 Action for debt secured by a slave 1849 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Foster v. Jordan 2 Swan 476 Dispute over judgement issued on slaves given as a dower to a widow who then remarried and removed to Virginia 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Fowler v. Norman 2 Hum. 384 Action of detinue by a sheriff to recover possession of two runaway slaves 1841 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Franklin v. Ezell 1 Sneed 497 Action in debt for consideration yet to paid of note of sale for a slave who was found to be unsound 1853 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Frazer v. Hightower 12 Heisk. 94 Trust dispute involving slaves 1873 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Freeman v. Cook 6 Ired. Eq. 373 1849 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Friedman Bros. v. Mathes 8 Heisk. 488 Tax dispute on merchandise sent out of state, cites report where slaves are merchandise 1872 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Frierson v. General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States 7 Heisk. 683 Will construction dispute involving slaves 1872 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Frisbie v. McCarty 1 Stew. & P. 56 1831 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Fry v. Taylor 1 Head 594 Estate administration dispute involving title to slaves 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Fulkerson v. Bullard 3 Sneed 260 Will construction dispute involving request to hire out slaves to pay deceased's debts 1855 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Fulton v. Davidson 3 Heisk. 614 Liability for losses resulting from an estate sale involving slaves 1871 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Gaines v. Gaines’ Executor 9 B. Mon 295 1848 0 Kentucky Caselaw Access Project
Galloway v. Galloway 61 Tenn. 328 Estate administration involving slaves 1872 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Galloway v. Myers 7 Heisk. 709 Delivery bond on slaves dispute 1872 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Galt v. Dibrell 18 Tenn. (Yer.) 146 Dispute over slaves placed in different state placed in a trust in Tennessee 1836 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Gambill v. Campbell 12 Heisk. 737 Estate administration involving slaves 1874 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Gamble v. Nunn 5 Sneed 465 Marital dispute over title to slaves in a will 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Gambling v. Read 1 Meigs 281 Validity of a sale and dispute over title in sale of a slave 1838 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Gannaway v. Tarpley 41 Tenn. (Cold.) 572 Will construction dispute involving title to slaves 1860 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Gant v. Gant 10 Hum. 464 Divorce proceedings involving title to slaves that had been removed from the state 1850 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Gardenhire v. Hinds 1 Head 402 Dispute over marital rights to title in slaves 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Gardiner v. Thibodeau 14 La. Ann. 732 1859 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Garrett v. Gaines 6 Tex. 435 1851 0 Texas Caselaw Access Project
Garrett v. Stuart 12 S.C.L. (McCord) 514 1821 0 South Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Gassaway v. Hopkins 1 Head 583 Intermarriage dispute over title to slaves 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Gass’ Heirs v. Gass’ Ex’rs 3 Hum. 278 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves and land 1842 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Gass v. Mason 4 Sneed 497 Appeal of decision several days earlier 1857 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Gee v. Gee 2 Sneed 395 Dispute between two widows of the same man for land and slaves the man owned 1854 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Gee v. Graves 2 Head 239 Action to recover a slave from purchaser at estate sale 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
German v. German 7 Cold. 180 Estate administration dispute involving sale of slaves 1869 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Gholson v. Blackman 4 Cold. 580 Action for wages owed for hire of slaves in a Union occupied city 1867 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Gibson v. Gibson 9 Yer. 329 Action alleging that widow obtained deceased's will that conveys slaves through fraud 1836 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Gibson v. Love 4 Fla. 217 1851 0 Florida Caselaw Access Project
Gift v. Anderson 5 Hum. 577 Dispute over delivery of slaves to the sheriff to sell them to satisfy an execution upon the slaves 1845 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Gilbert v. State 7 Hum. 524 Slave appeal for conviction of murder of his master 1847 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Gillespie v. Edmonston 11 Hum. 553 Action on the case for removal of a slave to another state between purchase and delivery 1851 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Gilliam v. Bransford 4 Hum. 398 Bill to enjoin judgement rendered upon the hire of a slave because the slave was "addicted to stealing" 1843 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Gilliam v. Spence 6 Hum. 160 Dispute over sucession of slaves loaned to daughter after father died 1845 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Gleaves v. Wilson 63 Tenn. 54 Bill of insolvency for an estate containing slaves 1874 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Gold v. Vaughan 4 Sneed 247 Dispute over construction of a deed conveying land and slaves 1856 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Goodloe v. White's adm'r 9 Hum. 528 Dispute over warranty that a slave was a "slave for life" and eventually sued for his freedom 1848 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Goodman v. Floyd 2 Hum. 59 Action of detinue for the recovery of two slaves 1840 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Goodwin v. Floyd 10 Yer. 520 Whether a bill of sale for slaves purchased at an execution sale is required for creditors to collect 1837 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Goodwin v. Moore 4 Hum. 221 Dispute over title to slaves in widow with a life estate to them who remarried 1843 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 20 Ga. 600 1856 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Gookin v. Graham 5 Hum. 480 Title dispute to a slave who was placed in trust in order to secure several different debts 1844 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Gourley v. Thompson 2 Sneed 387 Dispute over construction of a will involving title to slaves 1854 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Graham’s Ex’r v. Sam 7 B. Mon 403 1847 0 Kentucky Caselaw Access Project
Graham v. Gautier 21 Tex. 111 1858 0 Texas Caselaw Access Project
Graham v. Lambert 5 Hum. 595 Dispute over deed of conveyance to slaves to daughter or to others 1845 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Graham v. Roberts 1 Head 56 Dispute over sale of slave from an estate 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Graham v. Swearingin 9 Yer. 276 Action for breach of covenant in contract for hire of slave 1836 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Granberry v. Crosby 7 Heisk. 579 Execution for debts levied upon slaves 1872 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Grandison v. State 2 Hum. 451 Slave appeal for conviction of assault with intent to rape a free white woman; not clear that victim was actually a free white woman, and thus cannot be sentenced to death 1841 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Grannis v. Smith 3 Hum. 179 Action by creditor to have debtors slave and property declared subject to judgement 1842 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Grant v. McDonogh 7 La. Ann. 447 1852 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Grant v. Moseley 29 Ala. 302 1856 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Graves v. Clapp 2 Cold. 138 Dispute over inherited interest in slaves 1865 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Graves v. Keaton 3 Cold. 8 Dispute over purchase of slaves before emancipation 1866 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Gray v. Hays 7 Hum. 588 Action to recover slave in the possession of defendant 1847 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Greenlow v. Rawlings 3 Hum. 90 Dispute over estate of a free black man conveyed to his emancipated son who remained in the state 1842 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Green v. Goodall 1 Cold. 404 Dispute over deed conveyance of a slave and her children 1860 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project