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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Weaks 26 Tenn. 522 1847 0 Tennessee
Webb v. Patterson 26 Tenn. 431 1846 0 Tennessee
McDougal v. Armstrong 25 Tenn. 428 1846 0 Tennessee
Hester v. Wilkinson 25 Tenn. 215 1845 0 Tennessee
Stevenson v. McLean 24 Tenn. 332 1844 0 Tennessee
Irwin v. Chrisman 42 Tenn. 501 1865 0 Tennessee
Bearden v. Taylor 42 Tenn. 134 1865 0 Tennessee
Fanning v. Fly 42 Tenn. 486 1865 0 Tennessee
Nelson v. Smithpeter 42 Tenn. 13 1865 0 Tennessee
Graves v. Clapp 42 Tenn. 138 1865 0 Tennessee
Green v. Goodall 41 Tenn. 404 1860 0 Tennessee
Darden v. Hatcher 41 Tenn. 513 1860 0 Tennessee
Queener v. Morrow 41 Tenn. 123 1860 0 Tennessee
Grooms v. Rust 27 Tex. 231 1863 0 Texas
Martin v. State 25 Ga. 494 1858 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Claiborne 19 Tenn. 331 1838 0 Tennessee
Van Derzee v. Van Derzee 30 Barb. 331 1859 0 Civil SC of New York
Charles Bros. v. State 42 Tenn. 201 1865 0 Tennessee
Western & Atlantic R. R. v. Fulton 36 Tenn. 589 1857 0 Tennessee
Smithwick v. Evans 24 Ga. 461 1858 0 Supreme Court of Georgia