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
Odom v. Owen 61 Tenn. 446 Surety liability for debts in estate administration 1873 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Officer v. Sims 2 Heisk. 501 Purchase not for slave girl only signed by purchaser, not seller; title dispute 1871 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Orgain v. Ramsey 3 Hum. 580 Owner of slaves action to enjoin sale of slaves executed upon by creditors 1842 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Ott v. Smith 62 Tenn. 135 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1873 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Overton v. Allen 3 Head 440 Action of detinue for recovery of a slave; parol gifts of slaves are void 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Overton v. Bigelow's Administrator 10 Yer. 48 Dispute over whether bill of sale conveys absolute title or just a mortgage 1836 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Owen's adm'r v. Owen 5 Hum. 352 Widow claiming title to a slave for her dower that was put in a trust by her husband for the benefit of his creditors 1844 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Owen v. Hancock 1 Head 563 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Palmer v. Malone 1 Heisk. 549 Action for demurrer of a bill of slave for a slave 1870 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Parchman v. Charlton 1 Cold. 381 Estate administration dispute involving sale of slaves 1860 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Pardue v. Barnes 7 Heisk. 356 Forced sale of slaves in an estate to pay decedent's debts 1872 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Parham v. Parham 6 Hum. 287 Action by widow to have certain property and slaves included in her dower 1845 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Parham v. Riley 4 Cold. 5 Action for replevin for mule stolen from master while slave was using it 1867 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Parker's v. Gilliam 10 Yer. 394 Dispute over payment of debt owed by deceased on a slave 1837 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Parker v. Carter 4 Munf. 273 1814 0 Virginia Caselaw Access Project
Parker v. Hall 2 Head 641 Action to recover possession of slaves that had been moved to a different state 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Parker v. Thompson 5 Sneed 349 Action to recover value of a slave having been overworked by hirer 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Partee v. McAlister 6 Hum. 408 Dispute over deed of trust executed on slaves who had been sold or debtor's title to was unclear 1846 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Pate v. Pierce 4 Cold. 104 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1867 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Patton Ex'r. v. Allison 7 Hum. 320 Dispute over validity of a will conveyeing land and slaves 1846 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Patton v. Overton 8 Hum. 192 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1847 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Payne v. Lassiter 10 Yer. 507 Dispute over validity of remainder in a slave paid for, but not recorded 1837 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Payne v. Payne 4 Hum. 500 Action for divorce because husband speaks to wife "using language to her which a gentleman will not employ to his slaves" 1844 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Peak v. Ligon 10 Yer. 469 Action of detinue for several slaves who were conveyed but not delivered 1837 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Pearce v. Gleaves 10 Yer. 359 Dispute over construction of a will conveying title to slaves and other property 1837 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Pearl v. Hansborough 9 Hum. 426 Dispute over payment of debt for purchase of slaves 1848 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Pearson v. Johnson 2 Sneed 580 Action to set aside sale of a slave for unsoundness 1855 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Peers v. Davis’ Administrators 29 Mo. 184 1859 0 Missouri Caselaw Access Project
Pennington's Exrs. v. Yell 6 Ark. 212 1850 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
People v. Hyung Joon Kim 45 Cal. 4th 1078 2009 0 California Caselaw Access Project
Pepper v. Dunlap 16 La. 163 1840 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Percy v. Millaudon 3 La. 568 1832 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Perry v. Gill 2 Hum. 218 Dispute over title of slaves in wife and her right to convey them 1840 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Perry v. High 3 Head 349 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves/slave's children born after will was drafted 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Perry v. Maxwell 2 Dev. Eq. 488 1834 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Perry v. Patterson 5 Hum. 133 Dispute over judgement rendered against slaves and other property 1844 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Peter v. Commonwealth 2 Va. Cas. 330 1823 0 Virginia Caselaw Access Project
Peter v. State 6 Howard 326 1842 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Peter v. State 5 Hum. 436 Slave appeal for conviction of rape on free white woman 1844 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Peter v. State 4 S. & M. 31 1844 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Peter v. State 3 Howard 433 1839 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Petty v. State 65 Tenn. 610 "negro" appeal on second-degree murder 1872 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Philips v. Wheeler 10 Tex. 536 1853 0 Texas Caselaw Access Project
Philleo v. Holliday 24 Tex. 38 1859 0 Texas Caselaw Access Project
Phipps v. Caldwell 1 Heisk. 349 Action for trespass for alleged illegal taking of a "negro" girl and two horses 1870 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Pickersgill v. Brown 7 La. Ann. 297 1852 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Pickett v. Bridges 10 Hum. 171 Action of replevin for several slaves and other property 1849 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Pillow v. Rye 1 Swan 185 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1851 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Pillow v. Thomas 60 Tenn. 120 Trust dispute involving slaves 1873 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Planters' Bank of Tennessee v. Massey 2 Heisk. 360 Dispute over debts, evidence of slave sales used 1871 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Planters' Bank v. Henderson 4 Hum. 75 Bill filed by bank to obtain a judgement against slaves and other property 1843 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Planters Bank v. Vandyck 4 Heisk. 617 Title dispute over slaves 1871 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Pleasants’ Appeal 77 Pa. 356 1875 0 Pennsylvania Caselaw Access Project
Pleasant v. State 15 Ark. 624 1855 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
Plicque & Lebeau v. Perret 19 La. 318 1841 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Pointer v. Smith 7 Heisk. 137 Illegal hiring out of slaves 1872 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Polk v. Buchanan 5 Sneed 721 Dispute over payment for hire of a slave 1857 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Polk v. Fancher 1 Head 336 Action for trover to recover value of killed slave 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Polk v. Faris 9 Yer. 209 Dispute over validity of deed of gift for slaves made in South Carolina 1836 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Polk v. Heirs of Pledge 5 Cold. 384 Purchasers of slaves are still liable for the note amount for slaves after emancipation 1868 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Polk v. Pledge 5 Heisk. 371 Notes issued for purchase of slaves did not vest title once slaves were emancipated 1871 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Pool v. Morris 29 Ga. 374 1859 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Pope v. Eakin 3 Hum. 413 Action to enjoin sale of a slave to whom title is disputed 1842 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Porter ex rel. Porter v. Blakemore 2 Cold. 556 Emancipated slaves cannot be recovered on for debts secured while they were slaves 1865 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Porter v. Burton 10 Heisk. 584 Debt dispute involving land and slaves 1873 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Porter v. Miller 7 Tex. 468 1852 0 Texas Caselaw Access Project
Porter v. Porter 3 Hum. 586 Nephew had taken possession of slave he was to inherit and loaned another in his place, dispute arising over failure to fulfill another loan once inheritance happened 1842 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Potter v. Coward 1 Meigs 22 Dispute over payment for slave purchased at estate sale who died in between being purchased and delivery 1838 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Powell’s Distributees v. Powell’s Legatees 30 Ala. 697 1857 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Powell v. Powell 9 Hum. 477 Family dispute to title of slaves; husband conveyed same slaves to both his wife and son 1848 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Prall v. Peet’s Curator 3 La. 274 1832 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Price v. Allen 9 Hum. 703 Dispute over double hiring out of a slave who died; action to recover value of the slave 1849 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Pridgin v. Strickland 8 Tex. 214 1852 0 Texas Caselaw Access Project
Priester v. Augley 39 S.C.L. (Rich.) 44 1851 0 South Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Prigg v. Pennsylvania 41 U.S. 539 1842 0 United States Caselaw Access Project
Prince v. Broach 5 Sneed 318 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Prince v. State 7 Hum. 137 Slave action to impose court costs on the state after he was acquitted for robbery 1846 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Pritchard v. Wallace 4 Sneed 405 Dispute over creation of a trust involving land and slaves 1857 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Puckett v. James 2 Hum. 565 Dispute over statute of limitations to enforce payment of debt by forcing sale of land and slaves after voluntary extension 1841 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Pulse v. the State 5 Hum. 108 White man appeal for conviction of contracting to sell liquor to a slave, but liquor had been intercepted prior to delivery 1844 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Puryear v. Edmondson 4 Heisk. 43 Slaves in a will freed by war and sent back to liberia 1871 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Puryear v. Thompson 5 Hum. 397 Action on the case to recover value of a slave who was killed by the plaintiff's overseer of slaves 1844 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Queener v. Morrow 1 Cold. 123 Action of debt for money taken by slaves of another 1860 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Queener v. Trew 6 Heisk. 59 Dispute over proceeds of forced estate sale to pay debts 1871 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Raborg’s Adm'x. v. Hammond's Adm'r. 2 H. & G. 42 1827 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
Raines v. Childress 2 Hum. 449 Action against sheriff for insufficient return on property a judgement was executed upon 1841 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Randolph v. Hill 7 Leigh 383 1836 0 Virginia Caselaw Access Project
Randolph v. Wendel 4 Sneed 646 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1857 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Read v. Bostick 6 Hum. 321 Action of assumpsit for money in an estate containing slaves 1845 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Reardon v. Miller 20 F. Cas. 369 1828 0 United States Caselaw Access Project
Reeves v. Steele 2 Head 647 Estate administration dispute involving title to slaves and debts 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Reid v. Campbell 1 Meigs 378 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1838 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Reuben v. Parrish 6 Hum. 122 Slaves freed in Kentucky were moved back to slavery in Tennessee, court enforces their emancipation from Kentucky and declares them free 1845 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Rhea v. State 10 Yer. 258 Question of hearsay evidence from a slave being excluded from trial 1837 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Rhea v. White 3 Head 121 Action for contribution for payment for purchase of slaves 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Richardson v. Cole 2 Swan 100 Dispute over conveyance of slave into trust through a will 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Richardson v. State 3 Cold. 122 Appeal of conviction for selling liquor to slaves 1866 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Richardson v. Thompson 1 Hum. 151 Bill claiming title to slaves, requesting delivery from administrator so that slaves could be emancipated 1839 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Richmond v. Richmond 10 Yer. 343 Divorce proceeding initated by wife alleging that husband was adulterous with a slave 1837 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Ridley's Adm'rs v. Ridley 1 Cold. 323 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1860 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Ringgold v. Barley 5 Md. 186 1853 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
Roane v. Bank of Nashville 1 Head 526 Dispute over creation of a trust involving slaves 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Robertson v. Simmons 4 Heisk. 135 Dispute over sale of cotton grown/harvested by slaves 1871 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Robertson v. Sublett 6 Hum. 313 Dispute over slave and other property conveyed in trust to avoid judgement upon them 1845 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Roberts v. Stewart 2 Swan 162 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Roberts v. Westbrook 1 Cold. 115 Dispute over proper distribution of proceeds from judicial sale of slaves 1860 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Robeson v. State 3 Heisk. 266 Indictment for intermarriage does not comply with statutory requirements for indictments 1871 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Robinson v. Robinson 7 Hum. 440 Bill for divorce and maintenance involving title to slaves 1846 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Robinson v. Varnell 16 Tex. 382 1856 0 Texas Caselaw Access Project
Rogers v. Rogers 2 Head 660 Will construction dispute involving title to slaves 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Rogers v. Winton 2 Hum. 178 Action of trover by administrator to recover slaves claimed by estate of decedent 1840 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Rosson v. Hancock 3 Sneed 434 Action on the case for fraud in the sale of a slave 1856 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Ross v. Wharton 10 Yer. 190 Dispute over widow's right to deceased's property in her new marriage 1836 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Rowan v. Mercer 10 Hum. 359 Dispute over foreclosure of a mortgage on a slave girl 1849 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Rowe v. State 11 Hum. 491 Appeal for conviction of murder of a slave 1851 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Rucker v. Moore 1 Heisk. 726 Bill of sale for slaves in an estate not sworn to 1870 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Runyan v. Caldwell 7 Hum. 134 Action to recover the value of a slave that died while hired out 1846 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Runyan v. Morgan 7 Hum. 210 Bill of attachment to prevent debtor from removing slaves from the state 1846 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Rutland v. Gleaves 1 Swan 198 Dispute over validity of a will purporting to convey slaves and other property 1851 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Saddler v. Apple 9 Hum. 342 Action of trover to recover damages for conversion and loss of a slave 1848 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Sam v. State 1 Swan 61 Slave appeal for conviction of assault with intent to commit murder in the first degree 1851 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Sandeford v. Hess 2 Head 680 Action of replevin for a slave 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Sanderlin v. Sanderlin's Adm'r 1 Swan 441 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Sandford v. Weeden 2 Heisk. 71 Divorce proceedings involving possession of slaves 1870 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Sarah v. State 28 Miss. 267 1854 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Satterfield v. Mayes 11 Hum. 58 Dispute over construction of a will conveying title to a slave 1850 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Saufley v. Jackson 16 Tex. 579 1856 0 Texas Caselaw Access Project
Saul v. His Creditors 5 Mart. (n.s.) 569 1827 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Saunders v. Harris 1 Head 185 Dispute over title to slaves between potential adverse possessor and potential inheritor 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Saunders v. Harris 5 Hum. 345 Action to overturn judgement against slave as a result of an action for detinue 1844 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Saunders v. Turbeville 2 Hum. 272 Dispute over validity of sale of slaves and other property 1840 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Saunders v. Wilder 2 Head 577 Dispute over how to exercise judgement/execution over deceased debtor after value of slaves had been sold 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Savage v. Hale 1 Sneed 365 Dispute over hire/sale of slaves by guardian of children who inherited them 1853 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Scaggs v. Baltimore & Washington Rail Road 10 Md. 268 1856 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
Scanland v. Settle 1 Meigs 169 Dispute over deed of trust containing slaves for purpose of paying debts 1837 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Scott v. Carruth 9 Yer. 418 Action of debt for payment owed on hire of a slave belonging to plaintiff's father's estate 1836 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Scott v. Hix 2 Sneed 192 Marital estate administration dispute involving title to slaves 1854 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Scruggs v. Davis 5 Sneed 261 Action of trover for wrongful conversion of a hired slave by the ship captain transporting the slave to hire, a trip on which the slave killed himself 1857 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Scruggs v. Davis 3 Head 664 Negligence charged for boat captain allowing captured runaway slave to jump overboard and drown himself 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Searcy v. Carter 4 Sneed 271 Action to have remainder interest in slaves secured 1856 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Seay v. Bacon 4 Sneed 99 Action for recovery of slaves allegedly given as a gift 1856 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Seay v. Winston 7 Hum. 472 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1846 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Seay v. Young 2 Head 417 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Sellars v. Fite 62 Tenn. 131 Execution levied upon surety's slaves 1873 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Settle v. Alison 8 Ga. 201 1850 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Settle v. Settle 10 Hum. 474 Dispute over proceeds from estate sale of slaves 1850 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Sevier v. Brown 2 Swan 112 Estate administration dispute involving remainder interest in slaves 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Sewell v. Morgan & Co. 2 Heisk. 672 Dispute over deed of trust involving slaves 1871 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Sharp v. Sharp 2 Sneed 496 Divorce proceedings involving title to slaves 1855 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Shaw v. Shaw 6 Hum. 418 Action to claim a slave from father who died intestate 1846 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Shaw v. Smith 9 Yer. 97 Dispute over title to slaves sold/purchased at an execution sale 1836 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Shelton v. Johnson 4 Sneed 672 Action to recover slaves from holder/effect of nearly 20 years ongoing litigation over slaves has on title 1857 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Sheppards v. Turpin 3 Gratt. 373 1847 0 Virginia Caselaw Access Project
Sidney v. White 1 Sneed 91 Action by an escaped slave to recover his freedom 1853 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Simmons v. Kincaid 5 Sneed 450 Action to recover a slave from purchaser at estate sale 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Simon v. State 5 Fla. 285 1853 0 Florida Caselaw Access Project
Simpson v. Mitchell 8 Yer. 417 Action of trover to recover two slaves seized under an execution 1835 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Simpson v. Peck's Ex'rs 2 Swan 54 Dispute over contract for hire of a slave 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Simpson v. Simpson 7 Hum. 275 Creditor action to recover two slaves from an insolvent estate 1846 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Sims v. Chance. 7 Tex. 561 1852 0 Texas Caselaw Access Project
Skillin v. Loyd 6 Cold. 563 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1869 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Skinner v. Hughes 13 Mo. 440 1850 0 Missouri Caselaw Access Project
Slave v. State 5 Fla. 185 1853 0 Florida Caselaw Access Project
Smith's Executors v. Mabry 9 Yer. 313 Action of detinue by estate administrators to recover slaves to adminster 1836 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Smith v. Adams 27 Tex. 28 1863 0 Texas Caselaw Access Project
Smith v. Cozart 2 Head 526 Evidentiary dispute over allegedly fraudulent bill of sale for a slave 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Smith v. Croom 7 Fla. 81 1857 0 Florida Caselaw Access Project
Smith v. Greer 3 Hum. 118 Action by wife to enjoin sale of slaves by a creditor she claims to have remainder interest in 1842 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Smith v. Harrison 2 Heisk. 230 Dispute over trust creation and administration involving slaves 1871 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Smith v. Henry 2 Bail. 118 1831 0 South Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Smith v. Hines 10 Fla. 258 1864 0 Florida Caselaw Access Project
Smith v. Metcalf 1 Head 64 Action in detinue for a slave conveyed in a will 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Smith v. Ross 3 Hum. 220 Action to enjoin judgement obtain for taking of a slave 1842 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Smith v. Smith 2 Sneed 473 Libel action for accusing plaintiff of selling liquour to slaves on Sundays 1855 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Smith v. Story 1 Hum. 420 Bill for attachment on several slaves to satisfy a bill of debt by debtor who had left the state 1839 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Smith v. Thomas 67 Tenn. 417 Estate administration involving slaves 1874 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Smith v. Thompson 2 Swan 386 Action of trover for wrongful sale of a slave 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Smith v. Watkins 8 Hum. 331 Action of debt against the administrator of a will containing slaves 1847 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Smith v. Woods 1 Cold. 535 Dispute over estate sale involving slaves 1860 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Snee v. Trice 2 Bay 345 1802 0 South Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Snell v. Elam 2 Heisk. 82 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1870 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Snodgrass v. Branch Bank at Decatur 25 Ala. 161 1854 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Snodgrass v. Snodgrass 60 Tenn. 157 Failure of executor to properly administrate an estate involving slaves 1873 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Souther v. Commonwealth 7 Gratt. 673 1851 0 Virginia Caselaw Access Project
South-Western Railroad v. Paulk 24 Ga. 356 1858 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Spence v. State 17 Ala. 192 1850 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Spurlock v. Union Bank 4 Hum. 336 Dispute over debt owed to the bank; proof that debtor had paid subsequent debts using slaves 1843 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Squires v. Old 7 Hum. 454 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1846 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Starkey v. Hammer 60 Tenn. 438 Estate administration involving slaves 1872 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
State ex rel. Kohne v. Simons 2 Speers 761 1844 0 South Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State ex rel. Terry v. Blakemore 7 Heisk. 638 Failure of state clerk to pay bonds owed, court ordered sale of slaves to pay debts 1872 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
State ex rel. Thomas v. Mosely 7 Cold. 576 Action of covenant agains the sheriff for failing to execute and return an attachment issued against slaves 1870 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
State v. Adams 3 Head 259 Appeal for conviction of "negro stealing" for evidentiary issues 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
State v. Allen 3 Hawks 614 1825 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. Anthony 7 Ired. 234 1847 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. Arthur 2 Dev. 217 1829 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. Bonner 2 Head 135 Slave appeal for conviction of selling liquor to white men 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
State v. Bradshaw 2 Swan 627 Appeal for conviction of selling alcohol to slaves without their master's consent 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
State v. Brady 9 Hum. 74 Indictment on a mullato for living with a white woman 1848 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
State v. Brown 8 Hum. 89 White man appeal for conviction of allowing large number of slaves to convene on his property at odd times 1847 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project