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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Sellars v. Ashford 37 N.C. 104 1841 0 North Carolina
Young v. Young 47 Tenn. 461 1870 0 Tennessee
Burgner v. Burgner 58 Tenn. 729 1872 0 Tennessee
Lewis v. Woodfolk 61 Tenn. 25 1872 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Harris 20 Ga. 403 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Peter v. State 7 Miss. 326 1842 0 Mississippi
W. B. Chaffin & Bro. v. Stuart 60 Tenn. 296 1872 0 Tennessee
Lewis v. State 17 Miss. 115 1847 0 Mississippi
Mountcastle v. Mills 58 Tenn. 267 1872 0 Tennessee
Birdsong v. Birdsong 39 Tenn. 289 1859 0 Tennessee
Waterbury v. Netherland 53 Tenn. 512 1871 0 Tennessee
In re Susan 2 Wheel. Cr. Cas. 594 1818 0 United States
Matthis v. Rhea 23 N.C. 394 1841 0 North Carolina
Macarty's Case 2 Mart. (o.s.) 279 1812 0 Louisiana
Jones v. Hamlet 2 Sneed 256 1854 0 Tennessee
Galloway v. Myers 54 Tenn. 709 1872 0 Tennessee
Booker v. Booker 24 Tenn. 505 1844 0 Tennessee
Malady v. Malady 25 La. Ann. 448 1873 0 Louisiana
Elijah v. State 20 Tenn. 102 1839 0 Tennessee
Floyd v. Goodwin 16 Tenn. 484 1835 0 Tennessee