Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sword v. State 24 Tenn. 102 1844 0 Tennessee
Sledge’s Adm’rs v. Clopton 6 Ala. 589 1844 0 Use of Enslaved Persons as Collateral Alabama
Belew v. Clark 23 Tenn. 506 1844 0 Tennessee
Crippen v. Bearden 24 Tenn. 129 1844 0 Tennessee
Nelson v. State 6 Ala. 394 1844 0 Indictment of Enslaved Person for assault Alabama
Mayberry v. Neely 24 Tenn. 337 1844 0 Tennessee
Etheridge v. Bell 27 N.C. 87 1844 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Pulse v. the State 24 Tenn. 108 1844 0 Tennessee
Baker v. Barfield 23 Tenn. 514 1844 0 Tennessee
Caruthers v. Wilson 9 Miss. 527 1844 0 Estate dispute Mississippi
Norment's adm'r v. Wilson 24 Tenn. 310 1844 0 Tennessee
Simmons v. North 11 Miss. 67 1844 0 Deed dispute Mississippi
Payne v. Payne 23 Tenn. 500 1844 0 Tennessee
Puryear v. Thompson 24 Tenn. 397 1844 0 Tennessee
Davis v. Hunter 7 Ala. 135 1844 0 Action of trespass for killing a enslaved person Alabama
Godfrey v. Hays 6 Ala. 501 1844 0 Contract dispute Alabama
Long v. Kent 6 Ala. 100 1844 0 Action to recover enslaved person Alabama
Owen's adm'r v. Owen 24 Tenn. 352 1844 0 Tennessee
Bank of Alabama v. Croft 6 Ala. 622 1844 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Dickinson v. Hoomes 42 Va. 303 1844 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA