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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ward v. Saunders 2 Swan 174 1852 0 Tennessee
Bennett v. State 1 Swan 411 1852 0 Tennessee
Nelson v. State 2 Swan 237 1852 0 Tennessee
Richardson v. Cole 2 Swan 100 1852 0 Tennessee
Guerin v. Rivarde 8 Rob. 457 1844 0 Louisiana
Farnsworth v. Dinsmore 2 Swan 38 1852 0 Tennessee
Lawrence v. Lawrence 2 Swan 141 1852 0 Tennessee
Sevier v. Brown 2 Swan 112 1852 0 Tennessee
Maultsby v. Carty 11 Hum. 361 1850 0 Tennessee
State v. McCarn 11 Hum. 494 1851 0 Tennessee
Flowers v. Wilkes 1 Swan 408 1852 0 Tennessee
Bailey v. Rawley 1 Swan 295 1851 0 Tennessee
State v. Cherry 1 Swan 160 1851 0 Tennessee
Bedford v. Flowers 11 Hum. 242 1850 0 Tennessee
Eaves v. Gillespie 1 Swan 128 1851 0 Tennessee
Craddock v. Cabiness 1 Swan 474 1852 0 Tennessee
Worley v. State 11 Hum. 172 1850 0 Tennessee
Harvey v. Epes 53 Va. 153 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
Bell v. Speight 11 Hum. 451 1850 0 Tennessee
Pearl v. Hansborough 28 Tenn. 426 1848 0 Tennessee