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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Smith v. Story 20 Tenn. 420 1839 0 Tennessee
Drake v. Bayliss 20 Tenn. 174 1839 0 Tennessee
Norment v. Smith 20 Tenn. 46 1839 0 Tennessee
Spencer v. Pilcher 37 Va. 490 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Elijah v. State 20 Tenn. 102 1839 0 Tennessee
Burlingham v. Belding 21 Wend. 463 1839 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Hays v. Hays 20 Tenn. 402 1839 0 Tennessee
Twiss v. Martin's Administrators 20 Tenn. 189 1839 0 Tennessee
Mayor of Columbia v. Beasly 20 Tenn. 232 1839 0 Tennessee
Richardson v. Thompson 20 Tenn. 151 1839 0 Tennessee
Minter v. Bigelow 9 Port. 481 1839 0 Alabama
Kennedy v. Purnell 5 D.C. 552 1839 0 United States
Banks v. Wilks 20 Tenn. 279 1839 0 Tennessee
Marr v. Rucker 20 Tenn. 348 1839 0 Tennessee
Murphey v. Goin 20 Tenn. 440 1839 0 Tennessee
Johnson v. Mitchell 20 Tenn. 168 1839 0 Tennessee
Deer v. Devin 20 Tenn. 66 1839 0 Tennessee
Horsely v. Branch 20 Tenn. 199 1839 0 Tennessee
In re Ralph 1 Morris 1 1839 0 Civil Iowa
Payne v. Sale 22 N.C. 455 1839 0 North Carolina