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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wilkerson v. McDougal 48 Ala. 517 1872 0 Alabama
Maples v. State 50 Tenn. 408 1872 0 Tennessee
Galloway v. Galloway 61 Tenn. 328 1872 0 Tennessee
Taylor v. Mayhew 58 Tenn. 596 1872 0 Tennessee
Elmore v. Ventress 24 La. Ann. 382 1872 0 Louisiana
Garrard v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 657 1872 0 Mississippi
Peter v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 249 1872 0 Mississippi
Whitesides v. Williams 66 N.C. 141 1872 0 North Carolina
Hill v. Smith 48 Ala. 562 1872 0 Alabama
Frierson v. General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States 54 Tenn. 683 1872 0 Tennessee
Evans v. Higdon 60 Tenn. 245 1872 0 Tennessee
Maxwell v. State 50 Tenn. 420 1872 0 Tennessee
Ballentine v. Spear 61 Tenn. 269 1872 0 Tennessee
Walker v. Whitehead 83 U.S. 314 1872 0 United States
Burgner v. Burgner 58 Tenn. 729 1872 0 Tennessee
Friedman Bros. v. Mathes 55 Tenn. 488 1872 0 Tennessee
Lewis v. Woodfolk 61 Tenn. 25 1872 0 Tennessee
Shearer v. Smith 35 Tex. 427 1872 0 Texas
Pointer v. Smith 54 Tenn. 137 1872 0 Tennessee
Starkey v. Hammer 60 Tenn. 438 1872 0 Tennessee