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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Tomlinson v. Darnall 39 Tenn. 538 1859 0 Tennessee
Granberry v. Crosby 54 Tenn. 579 1872 0 Tennessee
Downing v. Johnson 45 Tenn. 229 1867 0 Tennessee
Towles v. Towles 38 Tenn. 601 1858 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Walkup 37 Tenn. 135 1857 0 Tennessee
Blackmore v. Blackmore 35 Tenn. 365 1855 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Mayor of Mobile 23 Ala. 722 1853 0 Illegal Trade of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Alexander v. Espy 25 Tenn. 157 1845 0 Tennessee
Moody v. Fry 22 Tenn. 567 1842 0 Tennessee
Trigg v. McDonald 21 Tenn. 386 1841 0 Tennessee
Compton v. Barnes 4 Gill 55 1846 0 Maryland
Cocke v. Trotter 18 Tenn. 213 1836 0 Tennessee
Farrelly v. Louisa 34 Ala. 284 1859 0 Petition for Freedom Alabama
Vincent v. State 50 Tenn. 120 1871 0 Tennessee
Knight v. Brawner 14 Md. 1 1859 0 Maryland
Wright v. Ross 2 Greene 266 1849 0 Iowa
Moreland v. Hunley 37 Ga. 342 1867 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Rosser 37 Ga. 353 1867 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Harrell v. Green 18 Ga. 711 1855 0 Trover Action Supreme Cour
Pulliam v. Aler 56 Va. 54 1859 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA