This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1841 |
| Citation: | 21 Tenn. 451 |
| Jurisdiction: | Tennessee |
| People: | Grandison |
| Short Summary: | 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 |
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| Full name: | Grandison, a Slave, vs. The State |
| Court: | Tennessee Supreme Court |