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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Banks v. Wilks 20 Tenn. 279 1839 0 Tennessee
Jarnagin v. Conway 21 Tenn. 50 1840 0 Tennessee
Underwood v. Dismukes 19 Tenn. 299 1838 0 Tennessee
Kercheval v. Harney 19 Tenn. 403 1838 0 Tennessee
Dowell v. Bailey 18 Tenn. 489 1837 0 Tennessee
Brunson v. Brunson 19 Tenn. 630 1838 0 Tennessee
Whitson v. Gray 40 Tenn. 441 1859 0 Tennessee
Wood v. Jones 19 Tenn. 513 1838 0 Tennessee
Swails v. Bushart 39 Tenn. 561 1859 0 Tennessee
West v. Lanier 28 Tenn. 762 1849 0 Tennessee
Marr v. Rucker 20 Tenn. 348 1839 0 Tennessee
Reid v. Campbell 19 Tenn. 378 1838 0 Tennessee
Hughes v. Cannon 21 Tenn. 589 1841 0 Tennessee
Major v. State 36 Tenn. 597 1857 0 Tennessee
Shaw v. Smith 17 Tenn. 97 1836 0 Tennessee
Bob v. State 26 Tenn. 129 1846 0 Tennessee
Guthrie v. Owen 21 Tenn. 202 1840 0 Tennessee
Puckett v. James 21 Tenn. 565 1841 0 Tennessee
Cunningham v. Wood 23 Tenn. 417 1843 0 Tennessee
Wiley v. State 1 Swan 256 1851 0 Tennessee