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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Patton v. Overton 8 Hum. 192 1847 0 Tennessee
Hawkins v. May 12 Ala. 673 1847 0 Alabama
Lester v. Cummings 27 Tenn. 385 1847 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Zandt 46 U.S. 215 1847 0 United States
Spence v. Thompson 11 Ala. 746 1847 0 Alabama
Weaver v. Puryear 11 Ala. 941 1847 0 Alabama
Murray v. Gibson 2 La. Ann. 311 1847 1 Louisiana
Barnawell v. Threadgill 40 N.C. 86 1847 0 North Carolina
Wiley v. Hunter 2 La. Ann. 806 1847 1 Louisiana
Cameron v. Clarke, Smith & Co. 11 Ala. 259 1847 0 Alabama
Williams v. Terrell 26 Tenn. 551 1847 0 Tennessee
Easly v. Boyd 12 Ala. 684 1847 0 Alabama
McDonand v. Sims 3 Ga. 383 1847 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Coles v. Anderson 8 Hum. 489 1847 0 Tennessee
Curtis v. Jones 1 How. App. Cas. 137 1847 1 New York
Carr v. Crain 7 Ark. 241 1847 0 Arkansas
McLane v. Spence 11 Ala. 172 1847 0 Alabama
Morrill v. Aden 19 Vt. 505 1847 1 Vermont
English v. Tomlinson 27 Tenn. 378 1847 0 Tennessee
Evans' v. Wells 26 Tenn. 559 1847 0 Tennessee