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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Traynor v. Johnson 40 Tenn. 44 1859 0 Tennessee
Finley v. Babin 12 La. Ann. 236 1857 0 Louisiana
Brooke v. Waring 7 Gill 5 1848 0 Maryland
Elias v. Smith 25 Tenn. 33 1845 0 Tennessee
Stone v. State 23 Tenn. 27 1843 0 Tennessee
Grannis v. Smith 22 Tenn. 179 1842 0 Tennessee
Fowler v. Norman 21 Tenn. 384 1841 0 Tennessee
Riddle v. Kreinbiehl 12 La. Ann. 297 1857 0 Louisiana
Frisbie v. McCarty 1 Stew. & P. 56 1831 0 Alabama
Gambling v. Read 19 Tenn. 281 1838 0 Tennessee
Savage v. Benham 17 Ala. 119 1849 0 Alabama
Taylor v. Kelly 31 Ala. 59 1857 0 Alabama
Dunnaway v. State 17 Tenn. 350 1836 0 Tennessee
O'Neal v. Wilson 21 Ala. 288 1852 0 Alabama
Burts v. Evans 48 Tenn. 420 1870 0 Tennessee
Gibbs v. Mermaud 2 Edw. Ch. 482 1835 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Petty v. Gayle 25 Ala. 472 1854 0 Alabama
Simpson v. Mitchell 16 Tenn. 417 1835 0 Tennessee
Arendale v. Samuel D. Morgan & Co. 37 Tenn. 703 1857 0 Tennessee
Dixon v. Barclay 22 Ala. 370 1853 0 Alabama