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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Western v. Pollard 55 Ky. 315 1855 0 Kentucky
Steele v. Adams 21 Ala. 534 1852 0 Alabama
Orgain v. Ramsey 22 Tenn. 580 1842 0 Tennessee
Steele v. Knox 10 Ala. 608 1846 0 Alabama
State v. Love 23 Tenn. 255 1843 0 Tennessee
Broome v. Curry's Adm'rs 19 Ala. 805 1851 0 Alabama
Porter v. Porter 22 Tenn. 586 1842 0 Tennessee
Graves v. State 1 Ind. 368 1849 0 Criminal Indiana
Wartelle v. Hudson 8 La. Ann. 486 1852 0 Louisiana
Saunders v. Turbeville 21 Tenn. 272 1840 0 Tennessee
McCollum v. Smith 19 Tenn. 342 1838 0 Tennessee
Waters v. Howard 8 Gill 262 1849 0 Maryland
Parker's v. Gilliam 18 Tenn. 394 1837 0 Tennessee
Newton v. Jackson 23 Ala. 335 1853 0 Alabama
Wharton v. Thompson 17 Tenn. 45 1836 0 Tennessee
Satterfield v. Mayes 30 Tenn. 58 1850 0 Tennessee
Morris v. Morris 56 Tenn. 814 1872 0 Tennessee
McIntire's Executors v. Carson 9 N.C. 544 1823 0 North Carolina
Young v. Cavitt 54 Tenn. 18 1871 0 Tennessee
Merrill v. Dawson 17 F. Cas. 86 1846 0 United States