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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Bibb v. Smith 59 Tenn. 728 1874 0 Tennessee
Henry v. State 11 Hum. 224 1850 0 Tennessee
Case of Gray 28 Tenn. 513 1848 0 Tennessee
Campbell v. Boulton 62 Tenn. 354 1874 0 Tennessee
Nelson v. State 29 Tenn. 518 1850 0 Tennessee
Moses v. State 29 Tenn. 456 1850 0 Tennessee
McHaney v. McNeilly 57 Tenn. 535 1873 0 Tennessee
McClure v. Doak 65 Tenn. 364 1873 0 Tennessee
Nored v. Adams 39 Tenn. 449 1859 0 Tennessee
Wells v. Ragland 31 Tenn. 501 1852 0 Tennessee
Polk v. Fancher 38 Tenn. 336 1858 0 Tennessee
Banks v. Thomas 19 Tenn. 28 1838 0 Tennessee
State v. Cecil 2 Mart. (o.s.) 208 1812 0 Louisiana
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Kentucky
Owen v. Hancock 38 Tenn. 563 1858 0 Tennessee
Burgner v. Burgner 58 Tenn. 729 1872 0 Tennessee
Lewis v. Woodfolk 61 Tenn. 25 1872 0 Tennessee
W. B. Chaffin & Bro. v. Stuart 60 Tenn. 296 1872 0 Tennessee
Maloney v. Stephens 58 Tenn. 738 1872 0 Tennessee
Birdsong v. Birdsong 39 Tenn. 289 1859 0 Tennessee