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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Overton v. Bigelow's Administrator 18 Tenn. 48 1836 0 Tennessee
Graham v. Swearingin 17 Tenn. 276 1836 0 Tennessee
Belcher v. Belcher 18 Tenn. 121 1836 0 Tennessee
United States v. Clark 2 D.C. 620 1825 0 United States
Thornton v. Davis 4 D.C. 500 1835 0 United States
Kitty v. M'Pherson 4 D.C. 172 1831 0 United States
United States v. Richard 2 D.C. 439 1823 0 United States
Weedon v. Wallace 19 Tenn. 286 1838 0 Tennessee
Turner v. Armstrong 17 Tenn. 412 1836 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Brown 18 Tenn. 84 1836 0 Tennessee
Neal v. Farmer 9 Ga. 555 1851 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Porter 16 La. Ann. 370 1861 0 Louisiana
Turner v. Chambers 18 Miss. 308 1848 0 Mississippi
Alexander v. Wallace 18 Tenn. 105 1836 0 Tennessee
Scott v. Carruth 17 Tenn. 418 1836 0 Tennessee
Gibson v. Gibson 17 Tenn. 329 1836 0 Tennessee
McCullough v. Moore 17 Tenn. 305 1836 0 Tennessee
Guthrie v. Brown 57 Tenn. 380 1872 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Thomas 67 Tenn. 417 1874 0 Tennessee
State v. Henry 2 Mo. 178 1830 0 Missouri