Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Duncan v. State 26 Tenn. 148 1846 0 Tennessee
Butler v. Rutledge 42 Tenn. 4 1865 0 Tennessee
Caperton v. Huddleston 26 Tenn. 452 1846 0 Tennessee
Thomas v. Scruggs 18 Tenn. 400 1837 0 Tennessee
Lonas v. State 50 Tenn. 287 1871 0 Tennessee
Ketchum v. Dew 47 Tenn. 532 1870 0 Tennessee
Charles v. State 3 Port. 440 1836 0 Alabama
State v. Marshall 8 Ala. 302 1845 0 Alabama
South-Western Railroad v. Paulk 24 Ga. 356 1858 0 Georgia
Smith v. Johnson 21 Ga. 386 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia
Hall v. Hall 18 Ga. 40 1855 0 Testator of will Georgia
Riley v. Martin 35 Ga. 136 1866 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 20 Ga. 600 1856 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Brown 27 Tenn. 89 1847 0 Tennessee
Wellborn v. Weaver 17 Ga. 267 1855 0 Action brought to recover two slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Terrell v. Bennet 18 Ga. 404 1855 0 Deceit trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Spivey v. Platon 29 Ark. 603 1874 0 Debt for sale of enslaved persons Arkansas
Bates v. Woolfolk 5 Ga. 329 1848 0 Trover action Georgia
Ex parte Howard 30 Ala. 43 1857 0 Indictment for homicide of enslaved person Alabama
Hart v. Powell 18 Ga. 635 1855 0 Recovery for damages cause to a slave Supreme Court of Georgia