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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Brooke v. Waring 7 Gill 5 1848 0 Maryland
Anderson v. Hammond 5 Gill 461 1847 0 Maryland
Garner v. Smith 7 Gill 1 1848 0 Maryland
Richards v. Swan 7 Gill 366 1848 0 Maryland
Franklin v. Waters 8 Gill 322 1849 0 Maryland
Dail v. Traverse 8 Gill 41 1849 0 Maryland
Clements v. Smith 9 Gill 156 1850 0 Maryland
Waters v. Howard 8 Gill 262 1849 0 Maryland
Waters v. Dashiell 1 Md. 455 1851 0 Maryland
Alexander v. Ghiselin 5 Gill 138 1847 0 Maryland
Williams v. Bramble 2 Md. 313 1852 0 Maryland
Townshend v. Townshend 9 Gill 506 1851 0 Maryland
Arendale v. Samuel D. Morgan & Co. 37 Tenn. 703 1857 0 Tennessee
Grandison v. State 21 Tenn. 451 1841 0 Tennessee
Adcock v. Patton 61 Tenn. 436 1873 0 Tennessee
Cross v. Bloomer 65 Tenn. 74 1873 0 Tennessee
Topp v. White 59 Tenn. 165 1873 0 Tennessee
Haynes v. Jones 39 Tenn. 372 1859 0 Tennessee
Baldwin v. Baldwin 21 Tenn. 473 1841 0 Tennessee
Forbes v. Forbes 5 Gill 29 1847 0 Maryland