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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Sweat v. Rogers 53 Tenn. 117 1871 0 Tennessee
Ingram v. Ingram 52 Tenn. 541 1871 0 Tennessee
Helms v. Mynatt 46 Tenn. 215 1869 0 Tennessee
Thomson v. Warren 45 Tenn. 644 1868 0 Tennessee
Duckworth v. Overton 1 Swan 381 1852 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Jones 2 Swan 605 1852 0 Tennessee
Beasley v. Jenkins 39 Tenn. 191 1858 0 Tennessee
Cannon v. Phillips 2 Sneed 185 1854 0 Tennessee
State v. Adams 40 Tenn. 259 1859 0 Tennessee
Ford v. Thompson 38 Tenn. 265 1858 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Bramble 2 Md. 313 1852 0 Maryland
King v. Sharp 25 Tenn. 55 1845 0 Tennessee
Caplinger v. Vaden 24 Tenn. 629 1844 0 Tennessee
Ensley v. Balentine 23 Tenn. 233 1843 0 Tennessee
Fields v. Carney 63 Tenn. 137 1874 0 Tennessee
Pillow v. Thomas 60 Tenn. 120 1873 0 Tennessee
Kelso v. Vance 61 Tenn. 334 1872 0 Tennessee
Allen v. Walt 56 Tenn. 242 1872 0 Tennessee
Queener v. Trew 53 Tenn. 59 1871 0 Tennessee
Succession of Taylor 25 La. Ann. 446 1873 0 Louisiana