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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Word v. Cavin 38 Tenn. 506 1858 0 Tennessee
Worley v. State 11 Hum. 172 1850 0 Tennessee
Worthington v. Bicknell 2 H. & J. 58 1806 0 Maryland
Worthington v. Bullitt 6 Md. 172 1854 0 Maryland
Worthington v. Shipley 5 Gill 449 1847 0 Maryland
Wright v. Daily 26 Tex. 730 1863 0 Texas
Wright v. Kuhn 20 Md. 421 1863 0 Maryland
Wright v. Rogers 9 G. & J. 181 1837 0 Maryland
Wright v. Ross 2 Greene 266 1849 0 Iowa
Wyatt's Adm'r v. Steele 26 Ala. 639 1855 0 Alabama
Wyatt v. State 2 Swan 394 1852 0 Tennessee
Wynne v. State 45 Tenn. 319 1868 0 Tennessee
Wynne v. Warren 49 Tenn. 118 1870 0 Tennessee
Wynn v. Ely 8 Fla. 232 1858 0 Supreme Court of FL
Yancy v. Yancy 52 Tenn. 353 1871 0 Tennessee
Yarbrough v. Newell 18 Tenn. 376 1837 0 Tennessee
Yeatman v. Hart 25 Tenn. 375 1845 0 Tennessee
Yerger v. Rains 23 Tenn. 259 1843 0 Tennessee
Young v. Cavitt 54 Tenn. 18 1871 0 Tennessee
Young v. Jones 28 Tenn. 551 1848 0 Tennessee