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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Elijah v. State 21 Tenn. 455 1841 0 Tennessee
Henry v. State 23 Tenn. 270 1843 0 Tennessee
Smith v. State 9 Ala. 990 1846 0 Alabama
Respublica v. Smith 4 Yeates 204 1805 0 Civil SC of PA.
Wood v. Vandenburgh 6 Paige Ch. 277 1837 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
State v. Charles 1 Fla. 298 1847 0 Supreme Court of FL
Westbrook v. State 24 Tex. 563 1859 0 Texas
Gill v. Strozier 32 Ga. 688 1861 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Swails v. Bushart 39 Tenn. 561 1859 0 Tennessee
Finis v. Cannon 44 Tenn. 121 1867 0 Tennessee
Young v. Cavitt 54 Tenn. 18 1871 0 Tennessee
Hammond v. State 14 Md. 135 1859 0 Maryland
Wharton v. Thompson 17 Tenn. 45 1836 0 Tennessee
Parker's v. Gilliam 18 Tenn. 394 1837 0 Tennessee
State v. Baltimore & Susquehanna Steam Co. 13 Md. 181 1859 0 Maryland
State v. Jackson 6 La. Ann. 593 1851 0 Louisiana
Topp v. White 59 Tenn. 165 1873 0 Tennessee
Clements v. Smith 9 Gill 156 1850 0 Maryland
Parham v. Parham 25 Tenn. 287 1845 0 Tennessee
Daniel v. McClelland 26 Tenn. 298 1846 0 Tennessee