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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Weatherhead v. Sewell 28 Tenn. 272 1848 0 Tennessee
Taylor v. Harwell 24 Tenn. 331 1844 0 Tennessee
Henderson v. Vaulx 18 Tenn. 30 1836 0 Tennessee
Gathings v. Williams 27 N.C. 487 1845 0 North Carolina
Alabama Life Insurance & Trust Co. v. Pettway 24 Ala. 544 1854 0 Alabama
Bennett v. Black 1 Stew. 494 1828 0 Alabama
Thompson v. Marshall 36 Ala. 504 1860 0 Alabama
Hord v. Grimes 52 Ky. 188 1852 0 Kentucky
Gambill v. Campbell 59 Tenn. 737 1874 0 Tennessee
Barton v. Cannon 66 Tenn. 398 1874 0 Tennessee
Robertson v. Simmons 51 Tenn. 135 1871 0 Tennessee
Alexander v. Walch 40 Tenn. 493 1859 0 Tennessee
Richards v. Vanner 4 Stew. & P. 64 1833 0 Alabama
Thomas Sims's Case 61 Mass. 285 1851 0 Civil Massachusetts
McKisick v. McKisick 19 Tenn. 427 1838 0 Tennessee
Embry v. Morrison 63 Tenn. 186 1874 0 Tennessee
Kyle v. Riley 58 Tenn. 230 1872 0 Tennessee
Pickett v. Banks 19 Miss. 445 1848 0 Mississippi
Bettis v. Taylor 8 Port. 564 1839 0 Alabama
Steel v. Worthington 7 Port. 266 1838 0 Alabama