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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Johnson v. Byerly & Owens 40 Tenn. 194 1859 0 Tennessee
Newell v. Cowan 30 Miss. 492 1855 0 Mississippi
Freeman v. Dwiggins 55 N.C. 162 1855 0 North Carolina
Bradford v. Caldwell 39 Tenn. 496 1859 0 Tennessee
Saunders v. Wilder 39 Tenn. 577 1859 0 Tennessee
Philips v. Wheeler 10 Tex. 536 1853 0 Texas
Wilson v. Hendricks 54 N.C. 295 1854 0 North Carolina
Graham v. Roberts 38 Tenn. 56 1858 0 Tennessee
Pickersgill v. Brown 7 La. Ann. 297 1852 0 Louisiana
Uzzle v. Wood 54 N.C. 226 1854 0 North Carolina
Clark v. Jetton 37 Tenn. 229 1857 0 Tennessee
Cole v. Cole 37 Tenn. 57 1857 0 Tennessee
Robinson v. Varnell 16 Tex. 382 1856 0 Texas
Lea v. White 36 Tenn. 111 1856 0 Tennessee
Hawthorne v. Brown 35 Tenn. 462 1856 0 Tennessee
Stewart v. Sowles 3 La. Ann. 464 1848 0 Louisiana
Pearson v. Johnson 34 Tenn. 580 1855 0 Tennessee
Turner v. Turner 34 Tenn. 27 1854 0 Tennessee
Henry v. Hogan 23 Tenn. 208 1843 0 Tennessee
United States v. Libby 26 F. Cas. 928 1846 0 Criminal Circuit Court, D. Maine