Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Fitzhugh's Administratrix v. Beale 18 Va. 186 1815 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Bedford v. Williams 45 Tenn. 202 1867 0 Tennessee
Hill v. McDonald 38 Tenn. 383 1858 0 Tennessee
Evans v. Kennedy 2 N.C. 487 1796 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Abram v. Johnson 38 Tenn. 120 1858 0 Tennessee
John v. State 38 Tenn. 49 1858 0 Tennessee
Maddox vs. Negroes Price 17 Md. 413 1861 0 Maryland
Smith v. Smith 2 Sneed 473 1855 0 Tennessee
Dabbs v. Dabbs 27 Ala. 646 1855 0 Will & trust Alabama
Wheless v. Espy 47 Tenn. 237 1869 0 Tennessee
State ex rel. Thomas v. Mosely 47 Tenn. 576 1870 0 Tennessee
Upchurch v. Darnall 35 Tenn. 443 1856 0 Tennessee
Coppedge v. Threadgill 35 Tenn. 577 1856 0 Tennessee
Gold v. Vaughan 36 Tenn. 247 1856 0 Tennessee
Mundorff v. Kilbourn 4 Md. 459 1853 0 Maryland
Fulkerson v. Bullard 35 Tenn. 260 1855 0 Tennessee
Ezell v. Franklin 2 Sneed 236 1854 0 Tennessee
Sidney v. White 1 Sneed 91 1853 0 Tennessee
Alfred v. State 2 Swan 581 1852 0 Tennessee
Darden v. Hatcher 41 Tenn. 513 1860 0 Tennessee