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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Polk v. Buchanan 37 Tenn. 721 1857 0 Tennessee
Dillard v. Scruggs 36 Ala. 670 1860 0 Alabama
Planters' Bank v. Henderson 23 Tenn. 75 1843 0 Tennessee
Barnes v. White 32 Tenn. 442 1852 0 Tennessee
Jane v. Hagen 29 Tenn. 332 1849 0 Tennessee
Lawrence v. Vick 29 Tenn. 285 1849 0 Tennessee
Hurt v. State 19 Ala. 19 1851 0 Alabama
M'Alister v. Olmstead 20 Tenn. 210 1839 0 Tennessee
Gambling v. Read 19 Tenn. 281 1838 0 Tennessee
Mosely v. Tuthill 45 Ala. 621 1871 0 Alabama
Garner v. Smith 7 Gill 1 1848 0 Maryland
Savage v. Benham 17 Ala. 119 1849 0 Alabama
Felder v. Harper 12 Ala. 612 1847 0 Alabama
Dunnaway v. State 17 Tenn. 350 1836 0 Tennessee
Main v. Alexander 9 Ark. 112 1848 0 Arkansas
Burts v. Evans 48 Tenn. 420 1870 0 Tennessee
Gaither v. Blowers 11 Md. 536 1857 0 Maryland
Fleming v. Gilmer 35 Ala. 62 1859 0 Alabama
Succession of Packwood 12 La. 334 1845 0 Louisiana
Dickey v. United Insurance 11 Johns. 358 1814 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York