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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Eells v. People 5 Ill. 497 1843 0 Criminal Illinois
Lester's Case 23 Tenn. 383 1843 0 Tennessee
Goodwin v. Moore 23 Tenn. 221 1843 0 Tennessee
Chambers v. People 5 Ill. 351 1843 0 Criminal Illinois
Black v. Planters' Bank 23 Tenn. 367 1843 0 Tennessee
Gilliam v. Bransford 23 Tenn. 398 1843 0 Tennessee
Garland v. Lynch 40 Va. 546 1843 0 SC of Appeals VA
Swanson v. White 24 Tenn. 373 1844 0 Tennessee
Puryear v. Thompson 24 Tenn. 397 1844 0 Tennessee
Mills v. Stewart 24 Tenn. 308 1844 0 Tennessee
Payne v. Payne 23 Tenn. 500 1844 0 Tennessee
Booker v. Booker 24 Tenn. 505 1844 0 Tennessee
Norment's adm'r v. Wilson 24 Tenn. 310 1844 0 Tennessee
Stevenson v. McLean 24 Tenn. 332 1844 0 Tennessee
Jim v. State 24 Tenn. 145 1844 0 Tennessee
Taylor v. Harwell 24 Tenn. 331 1844 0 Tennessee
Cain & Horn v. Kelly 23 Tenn. 472 1844 0 Tennessee
Ridenour v. Keller 2 Gill 134 1844 0 Maryland
McAlister v. Marberry 23 Tenn. 426 1844 0 Tennessee
Sword v. State 24 Tenn. 102 1844 0 Tennessee