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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Thornton v. Demoss 13 Miss. 609 1846 0 Mississippi
Purdom v. Tipton 9 Ala. 914 1846 0 Alabama
Jones v. Read 1 La. Ann. 200 1846 1 Louisiana
Richardson v. Johnson 1 La. Ann. 389 1846 0 Louisiana
Lindsay v. Pleasants 39 N.C. 320 1846 0 North Carolina
Mudd v. Turton 4 Gill 233 1846 0 Maryland
Shanklin v. Johnson 9 Ala. 271 1846 0 Alabama
Leggett v. Simmons 15 Miss. 348 1846 0 Mississippi
McDougal v. Armstrong 25 Tenn. 428 1846 0 Tennessee
Greer v. Chester's Heirs 26 Tenn. 77 1846 0 Tennessee
Ford v. Ford 26 Tenn. 92 1846 0 Tennessee
Thompson v. Williams 15 Miss. 270 1846 0 Mississippi
Webb v. Patterson 26 Tenn. 431 1846 0 Tennessee
Harkins v. Pope 10 Ala. 493 1846 1 Alabama
Atkinson v. Rhea 26 Tenn. 59 1846 0 Tennessee
Turner v. Petigrew 25 Tenn. 438 1846 0 Tennessee
Bres v. Booth 1 La. Ann. 307 1846 1 Louisiana
Ballard v. Jones 25 Tenn. 455 1846 0 Tennessee
Lyon v. Jones 25 Tenn. 533 1846 0 Tennessee
Fisher v. Cummings 26 Tenn. 232 1846 0 Tennessee