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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Thomas v. Scruggs 18 Tenn. 400 1837 0 Tennessee
Hoover's lessee v. Gregory 18 Tenn. 444 1837 0 Tennessee
Peak v. Ligon 18 Tenn. 469 1837 0 Tennessee
Neely v. Lyon 18 Tenn. 473 1837 0 Tennessee
Overton v. Bigelow's Administrator 18 Tenn. 48 1836 0 Tennessee
Neely v. Wood 18 Tenn. 486 1837 0 Tennessee
Dowell v. Bailey 18 Tenn. 489 1837 0 Tennessee
Payne v. Lassiter 18 Tenn. 507 1837 0 Tennessee
Goodwin v. Floyd 18 Tenn. 520 1837 0 Tennessee
Mahala v. State 18 Tenn. 532 1837 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Brown 18 Tenn. 84 1836 0 Tennessee
Bradshaw v. Mayfield 18 Tex. 21 1856 0 Texas
Cain v. State 18 Tex. 387 1857 0 Texas
Townsend v. Hill 18 Tex. 422 1857 0 Texas
Burnley v. Rice 18 Tex. 481 1857 0 Texas
Cartwright v. Cartwright 18 Tex. 626 1857 0 Texas
Shelby v. Burtis 18 Tex. 644 1857 0 Texas
Claiborne v. Tanner 18 Tex. 68 1856 0 Texas
Stone v. Dorsett 18 Tex. 700 1857 0 Texas
Montgomery v. Culton 18 Tex. 736 1857 0 Texas