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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
James v. Jones 29 Tenn. 384 1849 0 Tennessee
Thomason v. Odum 23 Ala. 480 1853 0 Alabama
Swails v. Bushart 39 Tenn. 561 1859 0 Tennessee
Burroughs v. McNeill 22 N.C. 297 1839 0 North Carolina
Burrow v. Ragland 25 Tenn. 481 1846 0 Tennessee
Sheppards v. Turpin 3 Gratt. 373 1847 0 SC of Appeals VA
Williams v. Conrad 30 Tenn. 412 1850 0 Tennessee
Chevallier v. Wilson 1 Tex. 161 1846 0 Texas
Harrell v. Davis 53 N.C. 359 1861 0 North Carolina
Mason v. Sadler 59 N.C. 148 1860 0 North Carolina
Frelson v. Tiner 6 La. Ann. 18 1851 0 Louisiana
Crippen v. Bearden 24 Tenn. 129 1844 0 Tennessee
Eborn v. Waldo 59 N.C. 111 1860 0 North Carolina
Myers v. Williams 58 N.C. 362 1860 0 North Carolina
Looper v. Bell 38 Tenn. 373 1858 0 Tennessee
Ludwick v. Stafford 51 N.C. 109 1858 0 North Carolina
Alexander v. Torrence 51 N.C. 260 1858 0 North Carolina
Black v. Planters' Bank 23 Tenn. 367 1843 0 Tennessee
Webb v. Bowler 50 N.C. 362 1858 0 North Carolina
Heirn v. Bridault 37 Miss. 209 1859 0 Mississippi