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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Potter v. Coward 19 Tenn. 22 1838 0 Tennessee
Neely v. Lyon 18 Tenn. 473 1837 0 Tennessee
Traynor v. Johnson 40 Tenn. 44 1859 0 Tennessee
Elliott v. Blair 45 Tenn. 185 1867 0 Tennessee
Rutland v. Gleaves 1 Swan 198 1851 0 Tennessee
Deadrick v. Armour 10 Hum. 588 1850 0 Tennessee
Nelson v. State 26 Tenn. 542 1847 0 Tennessee
Bibb v. Smith 59 Tenn. 728 1874 0 Tennessee
Andrews v. Page 50 Tenn. 653 1871 0 Tennessee
Etheridge v. Edwards 31 Tenn. 426 1852 0 Tennessee
James v. Drake 35 Tenn. 340 1855 0 Tennessee
Greenlow v. Rawlings 22 Tenn. 90 1842 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Williams 18 Tenn. 20 1836 0 Tennessee
Jim v. State 24 Tenn. 145 1844 0 Tennessee
Tom v. State 27 Tenn. 86 1847 0 Tennessee
DeBerry v. Hurt 66 Tenn. 390 1874 0 Tennessee
Johnson v. Perry 21 Tenn. 569 1841 0 Tennessee
Gannaway v. Tarpley 41 Tenn. 572 1860 0 Tennessee
Ingram v. Smith 38 Tenn. 411 1858 0 Tennessee
Bill v. State 24 Tenn. 155 1844 0 Tennessee