Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Vaughn v. Deloatch 65 N.C. 378 1871 1 North Carolina
Mosely v. Tuthill 45 Ala. 621 1871 0 Action to vacate sale of property Alabama
Fleming v. Johnson 26 Ark. 421 1871 0 Sale of enslaved persons by estate Arkansas
Cotton v. Ulmer 45 Ala. 378 1871 0 Probate dispute Alabama
Puryear v. Edmondson 51 Tenn. 43 1871 0 Tennessee
Knott v. Knott 26 Ark. 444 1871 0 Debt secured by enslaved persons Arkansas
Lucas v. Brooks 23 La. Ann. 117 1871 1 Louisiana
Clay v. East, Tennessee & Virginia Railroad 53 Tenn. 421 1871 0 Tennessee
Walker v. Walker 42 Ga. 135 1871 0 Will and Trust Georgia
Queener v. Trew 53 Tenn. 59 1871 0 Tennessee
Hawes v. Paul 41 Ga. 609 1871 0 Bill of equity Georgia
Kelly v. Thompson 49 Tenn. 278 1871 0 Tennessee
Vance v. Smith 49 Tenn. 343 1871 0 Tennessee
Barbee v. Williams 51 Tenn. 522 1871 0 Tennessee
Matthews v. Thompson 49 Tenn. 588 1871 0 Tennessee
Fulton v. Davidson 50 Tenn. 614 1871 0 Tennessee
Hampton v. State 45 Ala. 82 1871 0 Marrital property dispute Alabama
Mathews v. Springer 16 F. Cas. 1096 1871 0 Whether emancipated slaves could accept benefits left to them in a will United States
Scruggs & Lindsay v. Orme 46 Ala. 533 1871 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Alexander v. Miller's Heirs 54 Tenn. 65 1871 0 Tennessee