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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Jones v. State 19 Tenn. 120 1838 0 Tennessee
Richmond v. Richmond 18 Tenn. 343 1837 0 Tennessee
Graham v. Swearingin 17 Tenn. 276 1836 0 Tennessee
Scott v. Carruth 17 Tenn. 418 1836 0 Tennessee
McCullough v. Moore 17 Tenn. 305 1836 0 Tennessee
Hite v. State 17 Tenn. 198 1836 0 Tennessee
Wharton v. State 45 Tenn. 1 1867 0 Tennessee
Douglas v. Morford 16 Tenn. 373 1835 0 Tennessee
Keeler v. Nelson 49 Tenn. 4 1870 0 Tennessee
Crippen v. Bearden 24 Tenn. 129 1844 0 Tennessee
Hunt v. Wing 57 Tenn. 139 1872 0 Tennessee
Henslie v. State 50 Tenn. 202 1871 0 Tennessee
State v. Claiborne 19 Tenn. 331 1838 0 Tennessee
Hoggatt v. Bigley 25 Tenn. 236 1845 0 Tennessee
Bumpas v. Dotson 26 Tenn. 310 1846 0 Tennessee
Arrington v. Grissom 41 Tenn. 522 1860 0 Tennessee
James v. Jones 29 Tenn. 384 1849 0 Tennessee
Sidney v. White 1 Sneed 91 1853 0 Tennessee
Mills v. Stewart 24 Tenn. 308 1844 0 Tennessee
Bartee v. Tompkins 36 Tenn. 623 1857 0 Tennessee