This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1865 |
| Citation: | 42 Tenn. 314 |
| Jurisdiction: | Tennessee |
| People: | Bob |
| Short Summary: | 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 |
| Law type: | |
| Full name: | Abernathy vs. Black |
| Court: | Tennessee Supreme Court |