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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cheek v. Wheatley 35 Tenn. 484 1856 0 Tennessee
Meredith v. Owen 36 Tenn. 223 1856 0 Tennessee
Nichols v. Cheairs 36 Tenn. 229 1856 0 Tennessee
Hawthorne v. Brown 35 Tenn. 462 1856 0 Tennessee
Turner v. Fisher 36 Tenn. 209 1856 0 Tennessee
Burt v. Bobo 36 Tenn. 234 1856 0 Tennessee
Lawrence v. Senter 36 Tenn. 52 1856 1 Tennessee
Searcy v. Carter 36 Tenn. 271 1856 0 Tennessee
Tune v. Cooper 36 Tenn. 296 1856 0 Tennessee
Bugg v. Franklin 36 Tenn. 129 1856 0 Tennessee
Harris v. Alderson 36 Tenn. 252 1856 0 Tennessee
Gold v. Vaughan 36 Tenn. 247 1856 0 Tennessee
Upchurch v. Darnall 35 Tenn. 443 1856 0 Tennessee
Coppedge v. Threadgill 35 Tenn. 577 1856 0 Tennessee
Fitzgerald v. Vestal 36 Tenn. 258 1856 0 Tennessee
Lea v. White 36 Tenn. 111 1856 0 Tennessee
Seay v. Bacon 36 Tenn. 99 1856 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Walkup 37 Tenn. 135 1857 0 Tennessee
Walton v. Northington 37 Tenn. 282 1857 0 Tennessee
Johnson v. State 36 Tenn. 614 1857 1 Tennessee