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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Grannis v. Smith 22 Tenn. 179 1842 0 Tennessee
Trigg v. Faris 24 Tenn. 343 1844 0 Tennessee
Raines v. Childress 21 Tenn. 449 1841 0 Tennessee
Marley v. Cummings 37 Tenn. 479 1858 0 Tennessee
Fowler v. Norman 21 Tenn. 384 1841 0 Tennessee
Trowell v. Carraway 57 Tenn. 104 1872 0 Tennessee
M'Alister v. Olmstead 20 Tenn. 210 1839 0 Tennessee
Williams v. McCormack 26 Tenn. 308 1846 0 Tennessee
Luna v. Edmiston 37 Tenn. 159 1857 0 Tennessee
Beaufort v. Collier 25 Tenn. 487 1846 0 Tennessee
Gambling v. Read 19 Tenn. 281 1838 0 Tennessee
Hancock v. Edwards 26 Tenn. 349 1846 0 Tennessee
Caplinger v. Stokes 19 Tenn. 175 1838 0 Tennessee
Bugg v. Franklin 36 Tenn. 129 1856 0 Tennessee
Polk v. Buchanan 37 Tenn. 721 1857 0 Tennessee
Bennett v. Kennerly 40 Tenn. 674 1859 0 Tennessee
Dunnaway v. State 17 Tenn. 350 1836 0 Tennessee
Tune v. Cooper 36 Tenn. 296 1856 0 Tennessee
Burts v. Evans 48 Tenn. 420 1870 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Hollingsworth 57 Tenn. 653 1873 0 Tennessee