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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ford v. Ford 1 Swan 431 1852 0 Tennessee
State v. Eskridge 1 Swan 413 1852 0 Tennessee
Bennett v. State 1 Swan 411 1852 0 Tennessee
Flowers v. Wilkes 1 Swan 408 1852 0 Tennessee
State v. Payne 1 Swan 383 1852 0 Tennessee
Duckworth v. Overton 1 Swan 381 1852 0 Tennessee
Cox v. Hodge 1 Swan 371 1851 0 Tennessee
Ellick v. State 1 Swan 325 1851 0 Tennessee
James v. Hall 1 Swan 297 1851 0 Tennessee
Bailey v. Rawley 1 Swan 295 1851 0 Tennessee
Wiley v. State 1 Swan 256 1851 0 Tennessee
Rutland v. Gleaves 1 Swan 198 1851 0 Tennessee
Pillow v. Rye 1 Swan 185 1851 0 Tennessee
White v. Suttle 1 Swan 169 1851 0 Tennessee
State v. Cherry 1 Swan 160 1851 0 Tennessee
Eaves v. Gillespie 1 Swan 128 1851 0 Tennessee
Lafferty v. Whitesides' lessee 1 Swan 123 1851 0 Tennessee
Hardwick v. Robinson 1 Stew. & P. 99 1831 0 Trover Alabama
Dewoody v. Hubbard 1 Stew. & P. 9 1831 0 Property dispute Alabama
Frisbie v. McCarty 1 Stew. & P. 56 1831 0 Detinue Alabama