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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Watkins v. Dean 18 Tenn. 321 1837 0 Tennessee
Banks v. Wilks 20 Tenn. 279 1839 0 Tennessee
Rhea v. White 40 Tenn. 121 1859 0 Tennessee
Underwood v. Dismukes 19 Tenn. 299 1838 0 Tennessee
Anne v. State 11 Hum. 205 1850 0 Tennessee
Settle v. Settle 29 Tenn. 474 1850 0 Tennessee
Potter v. Coward 19 Tenn. 22 1838 0 Tennessee
Kercheval v. Harney 19 Tenn. 403 1838 0 Tennessee
Bennett v. Kennerly 40 Tenn. 674 1859 0 Tennessee
Martin v. Olliver 28 Tenn. 561 1848 0 Tennessee
Polk v. Faris 17 Tenn. 209 1836 0 Tennessee
State v. Brady 28 Tenn. 74 1848 0 Tennessee
Dowell v. Bailey 18 Tenn. 489 1837 0 Tennessee
Kincaid v. Rogers 29 Tenn. 83 1849 0 Tennessee
Henning v. Vanhook 27 Tenn. 678 1848 0 Tennessee
Ferrel v. Finch 16 Tenn. 432 1835 0 Tennessee
Ross v. Wharton 18 Tenn. 190 1836 0 Tennessee
Hackney v. Hackney 28 Tenn. 450 1848 0 Tennessee
Guthrie v. Owen 21 Tenn. 202 1840 0 Tennessee
Puckett v. James 21 Tenn. 565 1841 0 Tennessee