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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Caplinger v. Stokes 19 Tenn. 175 1838 0 Tennessee
Gambling v. Read 19 Tenn. 281 1838 0 Tennessee
Jenkins v. Picket 17 Tenn. 480 1836 0 Tennessee
Dunnaway v. State 17 Tenn. 350 1836 0 Tennessee
State v. Sterling 20 Md. 502 1864 0 Maryland
Jones v. Ward 18 Tenn. 160 1836 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Walton 16 Tenn. 387 1835 0 Tennessee
Hudson v. King 49 Tenn. 560 1871 0 Tennessee
Burts v. Evans 48 Tenn. 420 1870 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Harrison 49 Tenn. 230 1871 0 Tennessee
Simpson v. Mitchell 16 Tenn. 417 1835 0 Tennessee
Milly v. Harrison 47 Tenn. 191 1869 0 Tennessee
Brazelton v. Turney 47 Tenn. 267 1869 0 Tennessee
Trowell v. Carraway 57 Tenn. 104 1872 0 Tennessee
Porter ex rel. Porter v. Blakemore 42 Tenn. 556 1865 0 Tennessee
Roddy v. Finnegan 43 Md. 490 1876 0 Maryland
Owens v. Claytor 56 Md. 129 1881 0 Maryland
Owens v. Crow 62 Md. 491 1884 0 Maryland
Owens v. People 13 Ill. 59 1851 0 Illinois
Bell v. Cummings 35 Tenn. 275 1855 0 Tennessee