Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Richardson v. Thompson 20 Tenn. 151 1839 0 Tennessee
Keaton's Distributees v. Campbell 21 Tenn. 224 1840 0 Tennessee
Wilkins v. Gilmore 21 Tenn. 140 1840 0 Tennessee
White v. Adkins 18 Ala. 636 1851 0 Conversion of enslaved persons Alabama
Underwood's Case 21 Tenn. 46 1840 0 Tennessee
Field v. Arrowsmith 22 Tenn. 442 1842 0 Tennessee
Elijah v. State 21 Tenn. 455 1841 0 Tennessee
Yarbrough v. Newell 18 Tenn. 376 1837 0 Tennessee
Hoover's lessee v. Gregory 18 Tenn. 444 1837 0 Tennessee
Cooley v. Weeks 18 Tenn. 141 1836 0 Tennessee
Copeland v. Bennet 18 Tenn. 355 1837 0 Tennessee
Dodge v. Brittain 19 Tenn. 84 1838 0 Tennessee
Mayor of Columbia v. Beasly 20 Tenn. 232 1839 0 Tennessee
Angus v. Dickerson 19 Tenn. 459 1838 0 Tennessee
Neely v. Lyon 18 Tenn. 473 1837 0 Tennessee
Polk v. Faris 17 Tenn. 209 1836 0 Tennessee
Ferrel v. Finch 16 Tenn. 432 1835 0 Tennessee
Watkins v. Dean 18 Tenn. 321 1837 0 Tennessee
Potter v. Coward 19 Tenn. 22 1838 0 Tennessee
Ross v. Wharton 18 Tenn. 190 1836 0 Tennessee