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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Fisher’s Negroes v. Dabbs 14 Tenn. 119 1834 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Williams 18 Tenn. 20 1836 0 Tennessee
Greenlow v. Rawlings 22 Tenn. 90 1842 0 Tennessee
Cain & Horn v. Kelly 23 Tenn. 472 1844 0 Tennessee
White v. Harmond 35 Tenn. 322 1855 0 Tennessee
Ferguson v. Mason 34 Tenn. 618 1855 0 Tennessee
Rosson v. Hancock 35 Tenn. 434 1856 0 Tennessee
Cheek v. Wheatley 35 Tenn. 484 1856 0 Tennessee
Meredith v. Owen 36 Tenn. 223 1856 0 Tennessee
Nichols v. Cheairs 36 Tenn. 229 1856 0 Tennessee
Fitzgerald v. Vestal 36 Tenn. 258 1856 0 Tennessee
Harris v. Alderson 36 Tenn. 252 1856 0 Tennessee
Tune v. Cooper 36 Tenn. 296 1856 0 Tennessee
Turner v. Fisher 36 Tenn. 209 1856 0 Tennessee
Burt v. Bobo 36 Tenn. 234 1856 0 Tennessee
Searcy v. Carter 36 Tenn. 271 1856 0 Tennessee
Bugg v. Franklin 36 Tenn. 129 1856 0 Tennessee
Pritchard v. Wallace 36 Tenn. 405 1857 0 Tennessee
Wallace v. Canaday 36 Tenn. 364 1857 0 Tennessee
Major v. State 36 Tenn. 597 1857 0 Tennessee