Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Tom v. State 27 Tenn. 86 1847 0 Tennessee
Gray v. Hays 26 Tenn. 588 1847 0 Tennessee
Lewis v. Simonton 27 Tenn. 185 1847 0 Tennessee
Taylor v. State 26 Tenn. 510 1847 0 Tennessee
Miller v. Eatman 11 Ala. 609 1847 0 Detinue for four enslaved persons Alabama
Price v. Tally's Adm'rs 10 Ala. 946 1847 0 Detinue Alabama
Puryear v. Puryear 12 Ala. 13 1847 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Charlton v. Unis 45 Va. 58 1847 0 Action to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Cunningham v. Cheatham 8 Ark. 187 1847 0 Conditional bond Arkansas
State v. Weaks 26 Tenn. 522 1847 0 Tennessee
Carter v. Buchannon 3 Ga. 513 1847 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Mullen v. Ensley 27 Tenn. 428 1847 0 Tennessee
Bank of the State v. Byrd 8 Ark. 152 1847 0 Vedict for interpleader for enslaved person Arkansas
Martin v. Youngblood 27 Tenn. 581 1847 0 Tennessee
English v. Tomlinson 27 Tenn. 378 1847 0 Tennessee
Nelson v. State 26 Tenn. 542 1847 0 Tennessee
Venable v. Thompson 11 Ala. 147 1847 0 Property dispute Alabama
Pierse v. Amonett 2 La. Ann. 357 1847 0 Possessory action, sales, seizure, suretyship Louisiana
Vason v. Merchants' Bank 2 Ga. 140 1847 0 Slave Contract Dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Nations v. Hawkins' Adm'rs. 11 Ala. 859 1847 0 Trover Alabama