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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hightower v. Moore 46 Ala. 466 1871 0 Alabama
Sanders v. McAffee 42 Ga. 250 1871 1 Georgia
Blosser v. Harshbarger 62 Va. 214 1871 1 Virginia
State v. Adams 65 N.C. 537 1871 0 North Carolina
Lane v. Roselius 23 La. Ann. 258 1871 0 Louisiana
Straus v. Kerngood 62 Va. 584 1871 1 Virginia
Cox v. James 45 N.Y. 557 1871 1 New York
McDonald & Co. v. Wells 23 La. Ann. 189 1871 1 Louisiana
Bryant v. Rudisell 51 Tenn. 656 1871 1 Tennessee
Matthews v. Thompson 49 Tenn. 588 1871 0 Tennessee
Vance v. Smith 49 Tenn. 343 1871 0 Tennessee
Queener v. Trew 53 Tenn. 59 1871 0 Tennessee
Clay v. East, Tennessee & Virginia Railroad 53 Tenn. 421 1871 0 Tennessee
Puryear v. Edmondson 51 Tenn. 43 1871 0 Tennessee
Officer v. Sims 49 Tenn. 501 1871 0 Tennessee
Polk v. Pledge 52 Tenn. 371 1871 0 Tennessee
Wall v. Pulliam 52 Tenn. 365 1871 0 Tennessee
Ingram v. Ingram 52 Tenn. 541 1871 0 Tennessee
Sweat v. Rogers 53 Tenn. 117 1871 0 Tennessee
Robeson v. State 50 Tenn. 266 1871 0 Tennessee