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
Young v. Young 7 Cold. 461 Marital property dispute involving slaves 1870 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Young v. Thompson 2 Cold. 596 Dispute over title of slaves purchased from an estate sale 1865 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Young v. State 11 Hum. 200 Appeal for conviction of murder of a slave 1850 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Young v. Shumate 3 Sneed 369 Action to be released from the purchase of a slave due to fraudulent concealment of unsoundness of the slave at time of purchase 1855 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Young v. Jones 9 Hum. 551 Dispute over whether corn produced with slaves, who were separate property of the wife, also belonged to the wife 1848 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Young v. Ford Motor Co. 595 So. 2d 1123 1992 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Young v. Cavitt 7 Heisk. 18 action to recover fund from being hired out as pursuant to a will 1871 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Yerger v. Rains 4 Hum. 259 Action of trover to recover the values of two slaves taken from Mississippi to Tennessee 1843 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Yeatman v. Hart 6 Hum. 375 Action on the case to recover value of a slave who died while hired out 1845 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Yarbrough v. Newell 10 Yer. 376 Dispute over whether use of slave as security for a loan conveyed title to the loaner 1837 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Yancy v. Yancy 5 Heisk. 353 Gift of slaves invalid because not conveyed in writing 1871 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Wynn v. Garland 19 Ark. 23 1857 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
Wynne v. Warren 2 Heisk. 118 Trustee losing proceeds from sale of a slave 1870 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Wynne v. State 5 Cold. 319 Dispute over admissibility of evidence in case of prison escape by a "negro" 1868 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Wyman v. Campbell 6 Port. 219 1838 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Wylly v. S. Z. Collins & Co. 9 Ga. 223 1851 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Wyche v. Greene 16 Ga. 49 1854 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Wyatt v. State 2 Swan 394 Appeal by slave for conviction of assault with attempt to rape a white women 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Worley v. State 11 Hum. 172 Appeal for conviction of castrating an unruly slave 1850 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Word v. Cavin 1 Head 506 Action of debt upon an implied warranty of title to a slave 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Woodward v. Woodward 5 Sneed 49 Action by widow to take possession of her dower including slaves 1857 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Woodward v. Williams 11 Hum. 323 Action to recover proceeds for sale of slaves the state executed a decree upon 1850 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Wood v. Jones 1 Meigs 513 Bill to redeem a slave upon whom a mortgage had been secured who had been improperly sold 1838 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Wood v. Cruisman 6 Hum. 279 Dispute over court refusal to enjoin sale of slave upon whom judgement had been rendered 1845 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Woods v. Sullivan 1 Swan 507 Action of trover for property of deceased husband (including slaves) by husband of the widow 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Woods v. Burrough 2 Head 202 Dispute over sale of slaves provided for in a will 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Woodson v. Smith 1 Head 276 Dispute over construction of a will conveying either a life estate or simply a gift of title to slaves (life tenant cannot adversely possess) 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Woodson v. Pearce 5 Sneed 416 Action for replevin for a slave lent out 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Woodrum v. Kirkpatrick 2 Swan 218 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Woodfolk v. Sweeper 2 Hum. 88 Action of trespsass by free black man against a white man who wrongfully detained him as a slave 1840 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Womack v. Womack 8 Tex. 397 1852 0 Texas Caselaw Access Project
Womack v. Smith 11 Hum. 478 Action by heirs to recover slaves sold in an estate sale 1850 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Withers v. Patterson 27 Tex. 491 1864 0 Texas Caselaw Access Project
Wiseman v. Russey 7 Cold. 233 Dispute over hire of slaves using depreciated Confederate money 1869 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Wiseman v. Bean 2 Heisk. 390 Dispute over debts attached to a slave 1871 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Winnard v. Robbins 3 Hum. 614 Action of ejectment by a free black man asserting title to land; neither party had legal title and unclear if free black man could hold title to such land 1842 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Wilson v. Hoss 3 Hum. 142 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves and land 1842 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Wilson's Heirs v. Wilson’s Adm’r 30 Ala. 670 1857 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Willis v. Willis 62 Tenn. 183 Vendor's lien for division of property involving slaves 1873 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
William v. Jones 2 Swan 620 Action to recover slaves sold from an estate by heir claiming to have title 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Williams v. Wright 9 Hum. 493 Action to restrain execution sale of a slave 1848 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Williams v. Williams 10 Yer. 20 Bill seeking construction of a will conveying title to slaves 1836 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Williams v. Walton 8 Yer. 387 Action of trover to recover value of slave given as a gift 1835 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Williams v. Turner 10 Yer. 287 Dispute over legatee's family's entitlement to portions of an legatee's father's estate consisting of slaves and other property 1837 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Williams v. Terrell 7 Hum. 551 Action of debt on a bond made upon condition of defendant inheriting some slaves 1847 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Williams v. Sneed 3 Cold. 533 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1866 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Williams v. Otey 8 Hum. 563 Dispute over slaves conveyed in trust being sold by conveyor to pay debts 1847 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Williams v. McCormack 7 Hum. 308 Action to enjoin judgement on a slave purchased at an administration sale 1846 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Williams v. Hagan 2 La. 122 1830 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Williams v. Gray 1 Cold. 104 Divorce proceedings involving title to slaves 1860 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Williams v. Conrad 11 Hum. 412 Complicated estate administration dispute over title to slaves 1850 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Williams v. Bowman 3 Head 678 Action to enjoin a judgement on a surety that would require the forced sale of slave to pay debts 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Williamson v. Williamson 18 B. Mon 329 1857 0 Kentucky Caselaw Access Project
Wilks v. Fitzpatrick 1 Hum. 54 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1839 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Wilkins v. Gilmore 2 Hum. 140 Action of trespass for vandalism of a house done by slave; master vicariously liable 1840 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Wilkinson v. Wilkinson 1 Head 305 Dispute over which property is liable for debts, including slaves and proceeds from hiring them out 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Wiley v. State 1 Swan 256 Free black man appeal for conviction of inducing a slave to run away from his master 1851 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Wiley v. Lashler 8 Hum. 717 Dispute over title to slaves between alleged purchaser and seller 1848 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Whitson v. Gray 40 Tenn. (Head) 441 Action for breach of warranty of soundness for a slave being older than advertised 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Whitson v. Fowlkes 1 Head 533 Dispute over title to a slave sold at an execution sale against his previous owner between competing bidders 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Whitmore v. Parks 3 Hum. 95 Dispute over payment of a mortgage from proceeds of sale of slaves between former partners 1842 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
White v. White 3 Head 404 Construction of will that purports to emancipate slaves upon death 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
White v. Suttle 1 Swan 169 Action for forcible entry upon land that displaced plaintiff's slaves 1851 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
White v. Smith 12 Rich. 595 1860 0 South Carolina Caselaw Access Project
White v. Harmond 3 Sneed 322 Action on the case to recover the value of a slave 1855 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Whitehead v. Ducker 19 Miss. (S. & M.) 98 1848 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Wheless v. Espy 7 Cold. 237 Marital property dispute involving title to a slave 1869 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Wheaton v. Weld 9 Hum. 773 Dispute over alleged parol gift of a slave; action in detinue 1849 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Wharton v. Thompson 9 Yer. 45 Action to recover price paid for hire of a slave who had been injured prior to delivery 1836 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Wharton v. State 5 Cold. 1 Dispute over punishment of a slave before and after the 14th Amendment 1867 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Wharton v. Marberry 3 Sneed 603 Dispute over credit for deceased purchase note for a slave 1856 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
West v. Lanier 28 Tenn. (Hum.) 762 Claim of adverse possession upon land where slaves removed iron ore, but the plaintiff never lived on nor housed the slaves on 1849 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Western v. Pollard 55 Ky. (B. Mon.) 315 1855 0 Kentucky Caselaw Access Project
Western & Atlantic R. R. v. Fulton 4 Sneed 589 Action to recover value of slave lost to the owner after slave escaped on a train using a fake pass that the conductor mistook as real 1857 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Wesley v. State 11 Hum. 502 Slave appeal for conviction of murder 1851 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Wells v. Ragland 1 Swan 501 Action to recover slaves sold during an estate sale 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Wellborn v. Weaver 17 Ga. 267 1855 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Weedon v. Wallace 1 Meigs 286 Dispute over champertous contract for the sale of slaves 1838 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Webb v. Patterson 7 Hum. 431 Bill to redeem an unruly slave that had been sold 1846 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Weatherhead v. Sewell 9 Hum. 272 Action of ejectment; estate administration dispute over land and slaves 1848 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
W. B. Chaffin & Bro. v. Stuart 60 Tenn. 296 Levy executed against a "negro boy" 1872 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Watterson v. Watterson 1 Head 1 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Watkins v. Specht 7 Cold. 585 Trust in estate dispute involving slaves 1870 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Watkins v. Dean 10 Yer. 321 Dispute over construction of a will conveying title to slaves and other property 1837 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Watkins v. Barnes 1 Sneed 201 Motion for judgement against a sheriff for failing to return judgement levied against slaves 1853 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Waters v. Dashiell 1 Md. 455 1851 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
Waters v. Barton 1 Cold. 450 Action to recover two slaves from an adverse possessor 1860 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Waterbury v. Netherland 6 Heisk. 512 Estate Administration dispute over loss of slaves due to emancipation 1871 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Washington v. Johnson 7 Hum. 468 Action of debt for sale price of a slave girl 1846 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Ware v. Sharp 1 Swan 489 Dispute over settlement of slaves gifted by a father to his daughter upon her marriage 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Ward v. Saunders 2 Swan 174 Dispute over construction of a will conveying title to slaves 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Ward v. Saunders 3 Sneed 387 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1855 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Ward v. Epsy 6 Hum. 447 Action to claim remainder interest in slaves conveyed by will 1846 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Walton v. Northington 5 Sneed 282 Action to set aside a deed for land and slaves due to conveyors mental incapacity 1857 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Wall v. Wall 30 Miss. 91 1855 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Wall v. Pulliam 5 Heisk. 365 Cannot recover for lost value of attachment of emanciapted slaves 1871 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Wall v. Allen 63 Tenn. 210 Slaves only equitable assets to executor of an estate, the title passes on 1874 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Walls' adm'r v. Ward 2 Swan 648 Dispute over gift of slaves provided for in a will 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Wallace v. Canaday 4 Sneed 364 Action for recovery of the value of a bag of flour placed in bailment to defendant's slave 1857 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Walker v. Whitehead 16 Wall. 314 1872 0 United States Caselaw Access Project
Walker v. Walker 4 Cold. 300 Dispute over bill of sale for slaves and land 1867 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Walker v. McConnico 10 Yer. 228 Dispute over payment of debts on deed of trust conveying slaves 1836 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Walker v. Brown 11 Hum. 179 Action for trespass for hirer of slave brutally whipping the owner's slave 1850 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Walker v. Bolling 22 Ala. 294 1853 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Wailes v. Cooper 24 Miss. 208 1852 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Wade v. Roberts 6 Hum. 124 Dispute over sale of a slave by title holder, while the slave was in possession of her agent 1845 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Wade v. Green 3 Hum. 547 Dispute over title to slaves and creation of a trust involving them to avoid exeuction of a judgement upon them 1842 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Wade v. Cantrell 1 Head 346 Adverse possession of a slave acquired by improper gift 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Waddill v. Chamberlayne 1 Jefferson 10 1733 0 Action of deceit Virginia Caselaw Access Project
Vincent v. State 3 Heisk. 120 Appeal for a conviction of larceny, evidence of witness testimony questioned 1871 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Vincent v. Ashley 5 Hum. 593 Champertous agreement by defendants in an action to recover slaves in their possession 1845 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Vanleer v. Fain 6 Hum. 104 Action for violation of terms of hire for a slave 1845 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Vanleer v. Crawford 2 Swan 117 Dispute over covenant of guaranty for loan of a slave 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Vancil v. Evans 4 Cold. 340 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1867 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Vance v. Smith 2 Heisk. 343 Fraudulent estate sale involving slaves 1871 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Vance v. Cooper 2 Heisk. 93 Action for replevin of slaves and other property 1870 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Vance v. Cooper 2 Cold. 497 Action of replevin for slaves and other property goods 1865 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Vanbibber v. Sawyers 10 Hum. 81 Action of demurrer for title to slaves sold at an execution sale 1849 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Vaden v. Vaden 1 Head 444 Bill to obtain possession of slaves from a widow after her husband's death 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Vaden v. Hance 1 Head 300 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Upshaw v. Upshaw 2 Hen. & M. 381 1808 0 Virginia Caselaw Access Project
Upchurch v. Darnall 3 Sneed 443 Action for assumpsit for purchase money for a slave 1856 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
United States v. Wright 1 Cranch 123 1803 0 United States Caselaw Access Project
United States v. Richard 2 Cranch 439 1823 0 United States Caselaw Access Project
United States v. Rhodes 1 Cranch 447 1807 0 United States Caselaw Access Project
United States v. Patrick 2 Cranch 66 1812 0 United States Caselaw Access Project
United States v. King 1 Cranch 444 1807 0 United States Caselaw Access Project
United States v. Jack 1 Cranch 44 1801 0 United States Caselaw Access Project
United States v. Frye 4 Cranch 539 1835 0 United States Caselaw Access Project
United States v. Ellick 2 Cranch 412 1823 0 United States Caselaw Access Project
United States v. Clark 2 Cranch 620 1825 0 United States Caselaw Access Project
Union Bank v. State 9 Yer. 490 Dispute over state taxing power of slaves and other property 1836 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Union Bank v. Barnes 10 Hum. 244 Action for judgement of insufficient return of execution levied on a slave 1849 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Underwood v. Dismukes 1 Meigs 299 Dispute over title in slave who had been improperly sold by the hirer 1838 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Underwood v. Brockman 34 Ky. (Dana) 309 1836 0 Kentucky Caselaw Access Project
Underwood's Case 2 Hum. 46 Dispute over injunction on husbane selling slaves that wife had conveyed in trust and retained a life estate in 1840 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Twiss v. Martin's Administrators 1 Hum. 189 Bill to include slaves as property of intestate upon which judgement could be rendered by creditors 1839 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Turner v. Turner 2 Sneed 27 Action of replevin/action to enjoin in adverse possession dispute over a slave 1854 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Turner v. Petigrew 6 Hum. 438 Ward action to establish right to negroes sold by his guardian and administrator of ward's father's estate 1846 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Turner v. Ivie 5 Heisk. 222 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1871 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Turner v. Grainger 5 Hum. 347 Dispute over gift or bailment of a slave 1844 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Turner v. Fisher 4 Sneed 209 Dispute over inheritance of slave children from a free father 1856 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Turner v. Armstrong 9 Yer. 412 Dispute over judgement rendered upon and ultimate sale of a slave girl 1836 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Tune v. Cooper 4 Sneed 296 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1856 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Tucker v. Medaris 3 Hum. 628 Dispute over title to negroes conveyed to several parties in through different marriages 1842 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Tubb v. Williams 7 Hum. 367 Action for judgement against slaves that were fraudulently sold/hired out 1846 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Trumbull v. Gibbons 22 N.J.L. 117 1849 0 New Jersey Caselaw Access Project
Trowell v. Carraway 10 Heisk. 104 Estate administration alleging that decedent's slaves stole some property to be bequeathed 1872 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Troup v. Hart 66 Tenn. 188 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1874 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Trotter v. Watson 6 Hum. 509 Action of trover to recover a slave and a cotton gin 1846 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Trigg v. McDonald 2 Hum. 386 Action against a sherriff for false return after execution sale of slaves and other property 1841 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Trigg v. Faris 5 Hum. 343 Action on the case for warranty of title in sale of slave by someone who didn't have title 1844 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Traynor v. Johnson 1 Head 51 Action to recover damages for alleged conversion of a slave 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Traynor v. Johnson 3 Head 44 Action for trover for a slave hired out to a hotel, and subsequently (and incorrectly) hired out again by the hotel 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Tracy v. Talmage 14 N.Y. 162 1856 0 New York Caselaw Access Project
Trabue & Lucus v. Higden 4 Cold. 620 Dispute over attachment placed on land and slaves 1867 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Townshend v. Townshend 7 Gill 10 1848 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
Townsend v. Townsend 4 Cold. 70 Estate sale dispute involving slaves 1867 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Towles v. Towles 1 Head 601 Estate administration dispute involving sale of slaves to pay outstanding debts 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Torbet's heirs v. McReynolds 4 Hum. 215 Action to recover the value of the hire of a slave girl 1843 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Topp v. White 12 Heisk. 165 Real property conveyance dispute involving land and slaves 1873 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Tom v. State 8 Hum. 86 Slave appeal for conviction of assault with intent to commit murder in the first degree 1847 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Tomlinson v. Dillard 3 Call 105 1801 0 Virginia Caselaw Access Project
Tomlinson v. Darnall 2 Head 538 Action for trespass to recover damages for beating of a slave by a patrolman 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Tipton v. Tipton 1 Cold. 252 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1860 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Timmons v. Garrison 4 Hum. 148 Attachment bill for a slave moved out of state to change court jurisdiction in a matter 1843 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Thurman v. Shelton 10 Yer. 383 Dispute over deeds for slaves and land by dying man due to his allegedly insufficient state of mind 1837 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Thos. Wilson & Co. v. Thos. J. Carson & Co. 12 Md. 54 1858 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
Thomson v. Warren 5 Cold. 644 Dispute over purchase of 1/3 interest in slave; still responsible for payment after slave is freed 1868 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Thompson v. State 5 Hum. 138 White man appeal for conviction of selling spirituous liquor to slaves 1844 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Thompson v. Meek 3 Sneed 271 Debt collection dispute for founders of a school, one of which levied debts upon anothers slave property 1855 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Thompson v. McKisick 3 Hum. 631 Dispute over construction of a will conveying title to slaves 1842 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Thompson v. Jones 1 Head 574 Action for replevin to recover possession of a slave 1858 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Thomas v. Thomas 2 Cold. 123 Divorce dispute, husband accused wife of adultery and tried to get a slave to seduce her to committ adultery against him 1865 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Thomas v. Scruggs 10 Yer. 400 Action against estate administrators for unnecessarily selling slaves of the estate to pay debts that could have been covered otherwise 1837 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Thomas v. Lewis 3 Hum. 29 Action of trover to recover value of a slave sold by constable executing a judgement 1842 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Thomas' Adm'r v. Lewis 89 Va. 1 1892 0 Virginia Caselaw Access Project
The Slavers. (Reindeer.) 2 Wall. 383 1864 0 United States Caselaw Access Project
Taylor v. Taylor 2 Hum. 597 Action by sons of testator to disqualify certain deeds their father made due to unsoundness of mind at time of conveyance 1841 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Taylor v. State 7 Hum. 510 White man appeal for conviction of selling spirituous liquor to slaves 1847 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Taylor v. McDaniel 4 Heisk. 545 Estate administration dispute regarding fitness of inherited slaves 1871 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Taylor v. Mayhew 11 Heisk. 596 Suit upon bond executed for the hire of two unfit slaves 1872 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Taylor v. Harwell 5 Hum. 331 Action to enjoin judgement on slave placed in trust allegedly to defraud creditors 1844 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Tayloe v. Graves 1 Jefferson 40 1736 0 Virginia Caselaw Access Project
Tarpley v. Gannaway 2 Cold. 246 Petition for dower by widow for dead husband's land and slaves 1865 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Talley v. Courtney 1 Heisk. 715 Dispute over mistake in bill of sale for slaves at auction 1870 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Sypert v. Sawyer 7 Hum. 413 Action for breach of covenant on warranty of soundness in sale of a slave 1846 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Sydney v. State 3 Hum. 478 Slave appeal for conviction of assault with intent to rape a free white woman 1842 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Sword v. State 5 Hum. 102 White man appeal for conviction of selling spirituous liquor to slaves 1844 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Sweat v. Rogers 6 Heisk. 117 Two of Sweat's slaves stole from and damaged Roger's store 1871 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Swan v. Newman 3 Head 288 Estate administration dispute involving sale of slaves/resulting proceeds 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Swan v. Finney 63 Tenn. 26 Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves 1874 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Swanson v. White 5 Hum. 373 Dispute over slaves in a deed of trust created to secure debts on bond notes 1844 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Swanson v. Swanson 2 Swan 446 Dispute over illegitimate child's claim over inhertitance of slaves 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Swails v. Bushart 2 Head 561 Dispute over whether instrument is a deed or testamentary paper conveying title to slaves 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Sundry African Slaves v. Madrazo 26 U.S. (Pet.) 110 1828 0 United States Caselaw Access Project
Summers v. Wilson 2 Cold. 469 Dispute over title of slaves from a will and subsequent bill of sale for those slaves 1865 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Sullivant v. State 3 Ark. 400 1848 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
Sugg v. Tillman 2 Swan 208 Dispute over conveyance of land and slaves to a trust for the benefit of creditors 1852 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Succession of Fletcher v. Decoudreau 11 La. Ann. 59 1856 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project