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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Barbee v. Williams 51 Tenn. 522 1871 0 Tennessee
Queener v. Trew 53 Tenn. 59 1871 0 Tennessee
Robertson v. Simmons 51 Tenn. 135 1871 0 Tennessee
Vance v. Smith 49 Tenn. 343 1871 0 Tennessee
Matthews v. Thompson 49 Tenn. 588 1871 0 Tennessee
Price v. Slaughter 1 Cin. Sup. Ct. Rep. 429 1871 0 Recovery of lands Ohio
Sellars v. Kelly 45 Miss. 323 1871 0 Whether slaves can be hired out by a wife when they are joint property with her husband Mississippi
Wiseman v. Bean 49 Tenn. 390 1871 0 Tennessee
Sewell v. Morgan & Co. 49 Tenn. 672 1871 0 Tennessee
Jameson v. McCoy 52 Tenn. 108 1871 0 Tennessee
Lester v. Vick 49 Tenn. 476 1871 0 Tennessee
Vincent v. State 50 Tenn. 120 1871 0 Tennessee
Stull v. Goode 57 Tenn. 58 1872 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Jones 36 Md. 447 1872 0 Maryland
Williams v. Buster 5 W. Va. 342 1872 0 West Virginia
Kyle v. Riley 58 Tenn. 230 1872 0 Tennessee
Gaines v. Shelton 47 Ala. 413 1872 0 Action on Promissory Note Alabama
Thompson v. Thompson 5 W. Va. 190 1872 1 West Virginia
Whelan v. Reilly 5 W. Va. 356 1872 1 West Virginia
Hunt v. Wing 57 Tenn. 139 1872 0 Tennessee