Abernathy v. Black |
42 Tenn. 314 |
Contract dispute for hire of slave who ran back to original master because hirer kept whipping him; master refused to honor hire contract unless hirer stopped whipping Bob |
1865 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Abram v. Johnson |
38 Tenn. 120 |
Dispute over whether slave is emancipated from his master or not |
1858 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Acuff v. Rice |
40 Tenn. 293 |
Dispute between creditors over proceeds from sale of slave upon whom debts were secured |
1859 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Adams v. Mayor of Somerville |
39 Tenn. 363 |
Dispute over authority of Somerville to tax slave traders |
1859 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Adams v. State |
1 Swan 466 |
Appeal of conviction for harboring a runaway slave |
1852 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Adcock v. Patton |
61 Tenn. 436 |
Execution levied upon surety's slaves |
1873 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Aikin v. Smith |
1 Sneed 304 |
Action to recover slaves by issue of deceased claiming them as gifts |
1853 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Alexander v. Espy |
25 Tenn. 157 |
Dispute over state of title when remainder holder to slaves in an active life estate died |
1845 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Alexander v. Miller's Heirs |
54 Tenn. 65 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves |
1871 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Alexander v. Walch |
40 Tenn. 493 |
Construction of a will dispute |
1859 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Alexander v. Wallace |
18 Tenn. 105 |
Dispute over payment of debts on a note; slaves used to pay part of debt |
1836 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Alfred v. State |
2 Swan 581 |
Appeal by two slaves for conviction of murder of their master |
1852 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Allen v. Anderson |
22 Tenn. 581 |
Action for breach of covenant on warranty of soundness in sale of a slave |
1842 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Allen v. Barksdale |
38 Tenn. 238 |
Dispute over previous judgement secured for a large number of slaves |
1858 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Allen v. McCullough |
49 Tenn. 174 |
Divorce proceedings involving possession of slaves |
1870 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Allen v. Walt |
56 Tenn. 242 |
Fraudulent conveyance of land involving slaves |
1872 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Alley v. Connell |
40 Tenn. 578 |
Fraudulent conveyance of slaves to avoid creditors collecting on debt secured by the slaves |
1859 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Alston v. Boyd |
25 Tenn. 504 |
Action to reverse sale of land because seller was of unsound mind (had asked a slave to chop his head off because of the voices) |
1846 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Anderson v. McCullough |
40 Tenn. 614 |
Estate administration dispute involving slaves |
1859 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Andrews v. Andrews |
54 Tenn. 234 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves |
1872 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Andrews v. Page |
50 Tenn. 653 |
The children of slave marriages can inherit property |
1871 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Angus v. Dickerson |
19 Tenn. 459 |
Action against hirer for failure to re-deliver a hired slave to his owner |
1838 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Anne v. State |
11 Hum. 205 |
Costs for prosecutions against slaves must be paid by the state |
1850 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Ann v. State |
30 Tenn. 159 |
Slave appeal for conviction of murder by administering laudanum to an infant |
1850 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Apperson v. Smith |
37 Tenn. 372 |
Dispute over execution levied upon slaves used to secure debts |
1858 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Arendale v. Samuel D. Morgan & Co. |
37 Tenn. 703 |
Dispute over exchange of slaves/validity of a slave's pledge |
1857 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Armstrong adm'r v. Park's devisees |
28 Tenn. 195 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves and land |
1848 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Armstrong v. Pearre |
47 Tenn. 171 |
Estate Administration, emancipation after working to pay dead owners outstanding debts |
1869 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Arrington v. Grissom |
41 Tenn. 522 |
Action to recover slave after alleged fraudulent conveyance |
1860 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Atkinson v. Rhea |
26 Tenn. 59 |
Dispute over execution/return of judgement/ sale of a slave girl |
1846 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bailey v. Rawley |
1 Swan 295 |
Dispute over proof of assignment for hire of a slave |
1851 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Baker v. Barfield |
23 Tenn. 514 |
Dispute between purchaser and surety for purchase note of a slave |
1844 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Baldwin v. Baldwin |
21 Tenn. 473 |
Dispute over validity of a deed in which slaves and other property were conveyed into a trust for feme covert |
1841 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Baldwin v. Marshall |
21 Tenn. 116 |
Dispute over conveyance of slave and horses into a trust to satisfy debts |
1840 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Baldwin v. Merrill |
27 Tenn. 132 |
Dispute over sale of slaves to satisfy a judgement levied upon them |
1847 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Ballard v. Jones |
25 Tenn. 455 |
Dispute over contract of sale for a slave being absolute or actually creating a mortgage |
1846 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Ballentine v. Spear |
61 Tenn. 269 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves |
1872 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bankhead v. Alloway |
46 Tenn. 56 |
Business partner dispute over unauthorized purchases, including slaves |
1868 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bank of Tennessee v. Nelson |
40 Tenn. 634 |
Debt collection dispute involving value of slaves |
1859 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bank of Tennessee v. Turney |
26 Tenn. 271 |
Dispute over execution levied upon slaves to pay debts |
1846 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Banks v. Banks |
42 Tenn. 546 |
Manumission by will dispute |
1865 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Banks v. Thomas |
19 Tenn. 28 |
Action of trover and conversion to recover several slaves claimed to have been conveyed through faulty bills of sale |
1838 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Banks v. Wilks |
20 Tenn. 279 |
Dispute over title to slaves seized by sheriff to pay debts |
1839 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Barbee v. Mason |
45 Tenn. 108 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves |
1867 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Barbee v. Williams |
51 Tenn. 522 |
Dispute over note of sale for slave owned by minor and sold by minor's father |
1871 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Barham v. Turbeville |
1 Swan 437 |
Action of trover to recover a converted slave |
1852 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Barker v. Wheelip |
24 Tenn. 329 |
Construction of a deed of trust conveying slaves and other property |
1844 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Barnes v. White |
32 Tenn. 442 |
Motion against sheriff for an insufficient return on an execution of slaves |
1852 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Barry v. Frayser |
57 Tenn. 206 |
Fraudulent conveyance of slaves and levy upon them as a result |
1872 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bartee v. Tompkins |
36 Tenn. 623 |
Dispute over trust between business partners involving slaves to secure debts |
1857 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Barton v. Cannon |
66 Tenn. 398 |
Estate administration involving slaves |
1874 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Batson v. Murrell |
29 Tenn. 301 |
Action to restrain sale of slaves belonging to an estate |
1849 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Baxter v. Stewart |
36 Tenn. 213 |
Action of debt against hirer of slaves who did not fulfill hire contract promises |
1856 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bayless v. Elcan |
41 Tenn. 96 |
Dispute between separate deeds of trust and deed of sale for the same group of slaves |
1860 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bearden v. Taylor |
42 Tenn. 134 |
Action to recover slaves who were allegedly improperly sold/gifted |
1865 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Beasley v. Jenkins |
39 Tenn. 191 |
Dispute over construction of a will conveying title to slaves |
1858 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Beaufort v. Collier |
25 Tenn. 487 |
Action of trover by devisee to slaves in a will to recover the slaves from deceased's widow |
1846 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bedford v. Flowers |
11 Hum. 242 |
Action on the case to recover the value of a slave who drowned while hired out |
1850 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bedford v. State |
2 Swan 72 |
Appeal for conviction of selling alcohol to slaves |
1852 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bedford v. Williams |
45 Tenn. 202 |
Dispute over title/wages of slaves |
1867 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Belcher v. Belcher |
18 Tenn. 121 |
Estate administration dispute involving title to slaves and other property |
1836 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Belew v. Clark |
23 Tenn. 506 |
Action to rescind sale of a slave due to breach of warranty of soundness of mind of the slave |
1844 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bell v. Bowers |
44 Tenn. 311 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves |
1867 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bell v. Cummings |
35 Tenn. 275 |
Action of trover for wrongful coversion/sub-hiring of a hired slave |
1855 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bell v. Speight |
11 Hum. 451 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves |
1850 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bennett v. Kennerly |
40 Tenn. 674 |
Estate administration dispute involving forced sale of slaves and other property |
1859 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bennett v. State |
1 Swan 411 |
Slave appeal for conviction of petit larceny |
1852 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bennett v. Union Bank |
24 Tenn. 612 |
Action to set aside a deed of trust containing slaves and offer estate for judgement of debts |
1845 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Benton v. Pope |
24 Tenn. 392 |
Action of trover to recover slave given as a gift |
1844 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bibb v. Smith |
59 Tenn. 728 |
Title dispute to land purchased from proceeds of selling a slave |
1874 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bill v. State |
24 Tenn. 155 |
Slave appeal for conviction of assault with intent to rape a free white woman |
1844 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Birdsong v. Birdsong |
39 Tenn. 289 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves |
1859 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Blackmore v. Blackmore |
35 Tenn. 365 |
Estate administration dispute involving title to slaves and land |
1855 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Black v. Planters' Bank |
23 Tenn. 367 |
Appeal of execution being levied on slaves and other property of deceased |
1843 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Blair v. Snodgrass |
1 Sneed 1 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves |
1853 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Blanton v. Hall |
49 Tenn. 423 |
Dispute over debts secured by sale of a slave |
1871 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Blevins v. Alexander |
36 Tenn. 583 |
Dispute over issuance of an order to keep defendant from carrying away a slave |
1857 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bob v. State |
26 Tenn. 129 |
Slave appeal for conviction of murder due to faulty indictment |
1846 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bogard v. Jones |
28 Tenn. 739 |
Action of replevin for slaves |
1849 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bonner v. Bonner |
26 Tenn. 436 |
Dispute over life estate and remainder interests in slaves |
1846 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Booker v. Booker |
24 Tenn. 505 |
Dispute over construction of a will conveying title to slaves and other property |
1844 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Boon v. Lancaster |
33 Tenn. 577 |
Dispute over sale of slaves when they had been freed through a will |
1854 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bostick v. Elliott |
40 Tenn. 507 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves |
1859 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bowers v. Bowers |
51 Tenn. 293 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves |
1871 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bowling v. Stratton |
27 Tenn. 430 |
Action on the case for non-delivery of a slave by the bailee |
1847 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bowman's Ex'rs v. Tucker |
22 Tenn. 648 |
Title dispute to slaves chosen from option left in a will |
1842 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Boxly v. McKay |
36 Tenn. 286 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves |
1856 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Boyd v. State |
47 Tenn. 69 |
Appeal based on murder statute not applying to a freed slave |
1869 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bracken v. Chaffin |
24 Tenn. 575 |
Dispute over formation of a mortgage on a slave |
1845 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bradford v. Caldwell |
39 Tenn. 496 |
Adverse possession of a slave from one who had transferred their life estate interest |
1859 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bragg v. French |
37 Tenn. 244 |
Dispute over title to slaves trusted through a pre-nuptial contract |
1857 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bramlet v. Bates |
1 Sneed 554 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves |
1853 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Brazelton v. Turney |
47 Tenn. 267 |
Action for trespass against a "negro" for stealing rails, evidence not admitted |
1869 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Brewer v. Connell |
11 Hum. 500 |
Dispute over trust containing slaves and land |
1851 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bridgewater v. Gordon |
34 Tenn. 5 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves and land |
1854 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bridgewater v. Legatees of Pride |
1 Sneed 195 |
Dispute over whether slaves were freed in a will or whether they were not and should be sold |
1853 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Britain v. State |
22 Tenn. 203 |
White slaveowner appeal for conviction of lewdness for having his slaves naked in public |
1842 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Brooks v. Caughran |
40 Tenn. 464 |
Divorce proceedings involving title to slaves |
1859 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Brown's adm'rs v. Brown's adm'rs |
25 Tenn. 127 |
Dispute over slaves as marital property after the wife dies |
1845 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Brown v. Allen |
40 Tenn. 429 |
Action of replevin to recover a slave from a levy of execution |
1859 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Brown v. Bibb |
42 Tenn. 434 |
Adverse possession of slaves who were owned by widow after her husband died but did not have a will |
1865 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Brown v. Brown |
18 Tenn. 84 |
Estate administration dispute involving title to slaves and other property |
1836 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Brown v. Cannon |
40 Tenn. 354 |
Estate administration dispute involving title to slaves |
1859 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Brown v. Crawford |
9 Hum. 164 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves |
1848 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Brown v. Dortch |
59 Tenn. 740 |
Estate administration involving slaves |
1874 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Brown v. Greer |
40 Tenn. 695 |
Dispute over taxation for ownership value of slaves |
1859 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Brown v. Porter |
7 Hum. 373 |
Estate administrators bill to enjoin the sale of slaves seized by constable from the estate |
1846 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Brown v. Welcker |
41 Tenn. 197 |
Action for assumpsit for portion of sale price of a slave |
1860 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Brunson v. Brunson |
19 Tenn. 630 |
Dispute over advancements to a widow of slaves for her dower |
1838 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bryan v. Martin |
24 Tenn. 565 |
Action to enjoin execution on slaves in an estate to satisfy decedent's debts |
1845 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Buchanan v. Matlock |
27 Tenn. 390 |
Action to claim slaves and other property from estate whose will had been destroyed |
1847 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bugg v. Franklin |
36 Tenn. 129 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves |
1856 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Bumpas v. Dotson |
26 Tenn. 310 |
Action to be released from purchase of slaves due to fraudulence in the conveyance |
1846 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Burgner v. Burgner |
58 Tenn. 729 |
Concerns power of court to sell estate in cases other than involvency, county code includes authority to sell slaves |
1872 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Burke v. Clarke |
2 Swan 310 |
Action in debt for the price of a slave sold in violation of warranty of soundness; vendor is an invalid witness |
1852 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Burrough v. Brooks |
40 Tenn. 392 |
Dispute over attachment levied on a slave |
1859 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Burrow v. Ragland |
25 Tenn. 481 |
Dispute over property division of slaveowner who died intestate |
1846 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Burts v. Evans |
48 Tenn. 420 |
Dispute over instrument of sale for a slave |
1870 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Burt v. Bobo |
36 Tenn. 234 |
Action of replevin for a slave seized under an execution of debts |
1856 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Butler v. Boyles |
29 Tenn. 155 |
Bill to set aside arbitrator decision and obtain a decree for slaves |
1849 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Butler v. Rutledge |
42 Tenn. 4 |
Dispute over sale of/title to a slave named Will |
1865 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Byram v. McGuire |
40 Tenn. 530 |
Action for trover/negligence for slave actions in death of plaintiff's jack (horse?) |
1859 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Cain & Horn v. Kelly |
23 Tenn. 472 |
Action for trover for conversion of a runaway slave put to work by converter |
1844 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Caldwell v. Harris |
23 Tenn. 24 |
Action to recover proceeds from hire of a slaves |
1843 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Cameron v. Ottinger |
38 Tenn. 27 |
Action of assumpsit upon verbal warranty of soundness for a slave that turned out to be dead |
1858 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Campbell v. Boulton |
62 Tenn. 354 |
Appeal issue on a case involving a will with a slave |
1874 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Campbell v. Fields |
41 Tenn. 416 |
Action by wife (feme covert) to retrieve slaves from her husband's ownership |
1860 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Cannon v. Phillips |
2 Sneed 185 |
Dispute over inclusion of negroes in a civil action for oral libel asserting civil rights |
1854 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Caperton v. Huddleston |
26 Tenn. 452 |
Dispute between joint owners of slaves on which debts were secured over title to slaves |
1846 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Caplinger v. Stokes |
19 Tenn. 175 |
Dispute over guardian using ward funds from hire of slaves to benefit himself |
1838 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Caplinger v. Sullivan |
21 Tenn. 548 |
Action of detinue to recover title to slaves claimed through vested remainder |
1841 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Caplinger v. Vaden |
24 Tenn. 629 |
Action for breach of warranty of title in sale of slaves |
1844 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Carey v. State |
26 Tenn. 499 |
White man appeal for conviction of "negroestealing" |
1847 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Carnahan v. Wood |
2 Swan 500 |
Action for replevin for a slave seized on an execution |
1852 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Carnes v. Apperson & Co. |
2 Sneed 562 |
Action to enjoin sale of a slave to which title is disputed |
1855 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Carter v. Rolland |
11 Hum. 333 |
Dispute over use of trust funds to purchase a slave |
1850 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Cartmell & Exum v. McClaren |
59 Tenn. 41 |
Execution for debts levied upon a slave |
1873 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Case of Gray |
28 Tenn. 513 |
Legal question of court discretion to permit or deny free people of color to live in Tennessee counties |
1848 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
|
Cash v. State |
29 Tenn. 111 |
Appeal for conviction of larceny in stealing a runaway slave |
1849 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Cathey v. Cathey |
28 Tenn. 470 |
Dispute over construction of a will mentioning value of a slave |
1848 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Cawthon v. Coppedge |
1 Swan 487 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves |
1852 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Charles Bros. v. State |
42 Tenn. 201 |
Appeal for conviction of horse stealing |
1865 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Cheaires v. Alderson |
26 Tenn. 273 |
Debtor action to have execution levied on slaves and other property quashed |
1846 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Cheek v. State |
41 Tenn. 172 |
Dispute over purchase of a slave using counterfeit money |
1860 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Cheek v. Wheatley |
35 Tenn. 484 |
Action of trover for wrongful conversion of a slave conveyed through will |
1856 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Cheek v. Wheatly |
11 Hum. 556 |
Action of trover for conversion of a slave |
1851 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Cherry v. Clements |
29 Tenn. 552 |
Dispute over trust/sale of several slaves |
1850 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Chester v. Greer |
24 Tenn. 26 |
Estate administration dispute involving widow's title to slaves for her dower |
1844 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Chunn v. Chunn |
19 Tenn. 131 |
Divorce dispute involving title to slaves and other property |
1838 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Churchill v. Wells |
47 Tenn. 364 |
Fraudulent conveyance of a slave to avoid creditors collecting on debt secured by the slave |
1870 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Clark v. Clark |
39 Tenn. 336 |
Estate administration dispute due to marriage/separate property dispute involving slaves |
1859 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Clark v. Jetton |
37 Tenn. 229 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves |
1857 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Clay v. East, Tennessee & Virginia Railroad |
53 Tenn. 421 |
Wage dispute over railroad hire of two slaves |
1871 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Clevenger v. Clevenger |
48 Tenn. 104 |
Dispute over chancery estate sale involving slaves |
1870 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Click v. Click |
48 Tenn. 607 |
Estate administration involving slaves |
1870 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Cobb v. O'Neal |
34 Tenn. 438 |
Action on the case to recover damages for unsoundness of a slave |
1854 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Cobb, Welsh & Co. v. Johnson |
2 Sneed 73 |
Action of trover to recover damages for conversion and loss of a slave |
1854 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Cochreham v. Kirkpatrick |
48 Tenn. 327 |
Dispute over manumission of a slave through will |
1870 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Cocke v. Trotter |
18 Tenn. 213 |
Dispute over validity of bill of sale for a slave |
1836 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Coffee v. Neely |
49 Tenn. 304 |
Dispute over judgement to be paid, question of liability for value of slave left open |
1871 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Coleman v. Pinkard |
21 Tenn. 185 |
Dispute over right to slave conveyed by will by creditors of decedent |
1840 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Coles v. Anderson |
8 Hum. 489 |
Dispute over judgement rendered against slaves and land |
1847 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Cole v. Cole |
37 Tenn. 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 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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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 |
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Tennessee |
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Connell v. Furgason |
45 Tenn. 401 |
Executor liable for loss plus interest for conversion of slaves to be delivered for his own purposes |
1868 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Conner v. Crunk |
39 Tenn. 246 |
Action for deceit and breach of warranty of soundness for sale of a slave and her son |
1858 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Cooley v. Steele |
39 Tenn. 605 |
Feme covert action for share of slaves from husband beqeathed to her by her father |
1859 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Cooley v. Weeks |
18 Tenn. 141 |
Dispute over execution/right to redeem upon a slave |
1836 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Cooper v. State |
67 Tenn. 324 |
A master cannot beat a negro hired to him without the negro's father's consent |
1874 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
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Cooper v. Summers |
1 Sneed 453 |
Inquisition of lunacy for old lady who owns slaves |
1853 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Copeland v. Bennet |
18 Tenn. 355 |
Dispute over whether conveyance of a slave was a mortgage or an absolute sale |
1837 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Coppedge v. Threadgill |
35 Tenn. 577 |
Wife seeking to have an assignment of slaves made separate for her individual use apart from her husband |
1856 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
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Corn v. Brazelton |
32 Tenn. 273 |
Action of replevin for two slaves |
1852 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Cowan v. Anderson |
47 Tenn. 284 |
Estate administration dispute involving sale of slaves |
1869 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Coward v. Thompson |
44 Tenn. 442 |
The loss falls on the hirer of a slave in which period slavery is abolished |
1867 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Cox v. Hodge |
1 Swan 371 |
Action for trover for conversion of a slave |
1851 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Craddock v. Cabiness |
1 Swan 474 |
Action to set aside two conveyances of slaves |
1852 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
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Creed v. White |
11 Hum. 549 |
Action of trover for conversion of a slave |
1851 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Crippen v. Bearden |
24 Tenn. 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 |
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Tennessee |
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Crippen v. Crippen |
38 Tenn. 128 |
Estate administration dispute involving sale of slaves to pay outstanding debts |
1858 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Crisp v. Miller |
52 Tenn. 697 |
Slave sold while pledged to secure a debt |
1871 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Crittenden v. Posey |
38 Tenn. 311 |
Action to recover slaves from purchaser by reversioner |
1858 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
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Croft v. State |
25 Tenn. 317 |
White man appeal for conviction of stealing a slave |
1845 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Cross v. Bloomer |
65 Tenn. 74 |
Error in estate administration involving a slave |
1873 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Cruse v. McKee |
39 Tenn. 1 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves |
1858 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Crutcher v. Crutcher |
11 Hum. 377 |
Will construction involving title to slaves |
1850 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Cunningham v. Wood |
23 Tenn. 417 |
Action to restrain the sale of a slave by the sheriff who executed a judgement on the slave |
1843 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Curd v. Bonner |
44 Tenn. 632 |
Estate administration dispute involving sale of slaves |
1867 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Daniel v. McClelland |
26 Tenn. 298 |
Action for breach of warranties in sale of slaves |
1846 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Darden v. Hatcher |
41 Tenn. 513 |
Estate administration dispute involving title to slaves and debts |
1860 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Darden v. Orgain |
45 Tenn. 211 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves |
1867 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Davis v. Bawcum |
57 Tenn. 406 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves |
1873 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Deadrick v. Armour |
10 Hum. 588 |
Estate Administration Dispute involving title to slaves |
1850 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Dearin v. Fitzpatrick |
19 Tenn. 551 |
Dispute over right to property in estate that had been sold and subsequent conveyance of a slave accordingly |
1838 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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DeBerry v. Hurt |
66 Tenn. 390 |
Emancipation by will disputed |
1874 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Decherd v. Blanton |
35 Tenn. 373 |
Dispute over partnership debt secured in slaves |
1855 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Deer v. Devin |
20 Tenn. 66 |
Dispute over title to slave conveyed through parol gift in Virginia |
1839 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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DeGraffenreid v. Green |
41 Tenn. 109 |
Dispute over title to slaves placed in a trust |
1860 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Dement v. Scott |
39 Tenn. 367 |
Action to recover value of slave who died while hired out |
1859 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
Caselaw Access Project
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Dibrell v. Williams |
43 Tenn. 528 |
Dispute over forced debt sale of slaves |
1866 |
0 |
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Tennessee |
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