Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Wilkins v. Gilmore 21 Tenn. 140 1840 0 Tennessee
White v. Adkins 18 Ala. 636 1851 0 Conversion of enslaved persons Alabama
Crane v. Gough 4 Md. 316 1853 0 Maryland
Elijah v. State 21 Tenn. 455 1841 0 Tennessee
Hoover's lessee v. Gregory 18 Tenn. 444 1837 0 Tennessee
Cooley v. Weeks 18 Tenn. 141 1836 0 Tennessee
Rodney v. Illinois Central Railroad 19 Ill. 42 1857 0 Illinois
Angus v. Dickerson 19 Tenn. 459 1838 0 Tennessee
Polk v. Faris 17 Tenn. 209 1836 0 Tennessee
Ferrel v. Finch 16 Tenn. 432 1835 0 Tennessee
James v. Scott 9 Ala. 579 1846 0 Detinue Alabama
State v. Weaver 3 N.C. 54 1797 0 Homicide North Carolina
Coward v. Thompson 44 Tenn. 442 1867 0 Tennessee
Hamrico v. Laird 18 Tenn. 222 1836 0 Tennessee
Cleland v. Low 32 Ga. 458 1861 0 Contract dispute over slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Kearly v. Duncan 38 Tenn. 397 1858 0 Tennessee
Porter v. Burton 57 Tenn. 584 1873 0 Tennessee
Mickle v. Brown 63 Tenn. 468 1874 0 Tennessee
Neely v. Luster 54 Tenn. 354 1872 0 Tennessee
Lightfoot v. Strother 36 Va. 163 1838 0 Action to recover a slave SC of Appeals VA