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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Rutherford v. Newson 30 Ga. 728 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Wesley v. State 37 Miss. 327 1859 0 Mississippi
Massey v. Calhoun 26 Ga. 127 1858 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
German v. German 47 Tenn. 180 1869 0 Tennessee
Lasell v. Powell 47 Tenn. 277 1869 0 Tennessee
Isaac v. Farnsworth 40 Tenn. 275 1859 0 Tennessee
Burrough v. Brooks 40 Tenn. 392 1859 0 Tennessee
Forsey v. Luton 39 Tenn. 183 1858 0 Tennessee
Woods v. Burrough 39 Tenn. 202 1858 0 Tennessee
Simmons v. Kincaid 37 Tenn. 450 1858 0 Tennessee
Marley v. Cummings 37 Tenn. 479 1858 0 Tennessee
Luna v. Edmiston 37 Tenn. 159 1857 0 Tennessee
Williams v. McCormack 26 Tenn. 308 1846 0 Tennessee
Alexander v. Ghiselin 5 Gill 138 1847 0 Maryland
Hancock v. Edwards 26 Tenn. 349 1846 0 Tennessee
Newman v. Baer 50 La. Ann. 323 1897 0 Louisiana
Pinckard v. McCoy 22 Ga. 28 1857 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Havens v. Van Den Burgh 1 Denio 27 1845 0 Civil SC of New York
Howard v. Carpenter 11 Md. 259 1857 0 Maryland
Swan v. Finney 63 Tenn. 26 1874 0 Tennessee