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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Jordan v. Black 19 Tenn. 142 1838 0 Tennessee
Peak v. Ligon 18 Tenn. 469 1837 0 Tennessee
Payne v. Lassiter 18 Tenn. 507 1837 0 Tennessee
Chunn v. Chunn 19 Tenn. 131 1838 0 Tennessee
Neely v. Wood 18 Tenn. 486 1837 0 Tennessee
Jacob v. Sharp 19 Tenn. 114 1838 0 Tennessee
Jones v. State 19 Tenn. 120 1838 0 Tennessee
Gambling v. Read 19 Tenn. 281 1838 0 Tennessee
Parker's v. Gilliam 18 Tenn. 394 1837 0 Tennessee
Lane v. Dickerson 18 Tenn. 373 1837 0 Tennessee
Richmond v. Richmond 18 Tenn. 343 1837 0 Tennessee
Rhea v. State 18 Tenn. 258 1837 0 Tennessee
Overton v. Bigelow's Administrator 18 Tenn. 48 1836 0 Tennessee
Graham v. Swearingin 17 Tenn. 276 1836 0 Tennessee
Jenkins v. Picket 17 Tenn. 480 1836 0 Tennessee
Belcher v. Belcher 18 Tenn. 121 1836 0 Tennessee
Dunnaway v. State 17 Tenn. 350 1836 0 Tennessee
Union Bank v. State 17 Tenn. 490 1836 0 Tennessee
Turner v. Armstrong 17 Tenn. 412 1836 0 Tennessee
Keeler v. Nelson 49 Tenn. 4 1870 0 Tennessee