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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Peak v. Ligon 18 Tenn. 469 1837 0 Tennessee
Payne v. Lassiter 18 Tenn. 507 1837 0 Tennessee
Jacob v. Sharp 19 Tenn. 114 1838 0 Tennessee
Jones v. State 19 Tenn. 120 1838 0 Tennessee
Richmond v. Richmond 18 Tenn. 343 1837 0 Tennessee
Rhea v. State 18 Tenn. 258 1837 0 Tennessee
Townshend v. Townshend 6 Md. 295 1854 0 Maryland
Weedon v. Wallace 19 Tenn. 286 1838 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Brown 18 Tenn. 84 1836 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Porter 16 La. Ann. 370 1861 0 Louisiana
Gibson v. Gibson 17 Tenn. 329 1836 0 Tennessee
McCullough v. Moore 17 Tenn. 305 1836 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Thomas 67 Tenn. 417 1874 0 Tennessee
Hite v. State 17 Tenn. 198 1836 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Wilson 17 Md. 460 1861 0 Maryland
Galloway v. Galloway 61 Tenn. 328 1872 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Kniskern 4 Johns. Ch. 9 1819 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Union Bank v. State 17 Tenn. 490 1836 0 Tennessee
Harrison v. Henderson 54 Tenn. 315 1872 0 Tennessee
Ford v. Newcomer 14 La. Ann. 706 1859 0 Louisiana