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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Cocke v. Trotter 18 Tenn. 213 1836 0 Tennessee
Willis v. Willis 62 Tenn. 183 1873 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Terrell 26 Tenn. 551 1847 0 Tennessee
State v. Curtis 24 Tenn. 601 1845 0 Tennessee
Drake v. Bayliss 20 Tenn. 174 1839 0 Tennessee
Estill v. Deckerd 63 Tenn. 497 1874 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Zandt 46 U.S. 215 1847 0 United States
Scanland v. Settle 19 Tenn. 169 1837 0 Tennessee
Catterlin v. Hardy 10 Ala. 511 1846 0 Action to remove enslaved persons Alabama
Duncan v. State 26 Tenn. 148 1846 0 Tennessee
Thomas v. Scruggs 18 Tenn. 400 1837 0 Tennessee
Lonas v. State 50 Tenn. 287 1871 0 Tennessee
Charles v. State 3 Port. 440 1836 0 Alabama
State v. Marshall 8 Ala. 302 1845 0 Alabama
Wellborn v. Weaver 17 Ga. 267 1855 0 Action brought to recover two slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Terrell v. Bennet 18 Ga. 404 1855 0 Deceit trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Bates v. Woolfolk 5 Ga. 329 1848 0 Trover action Georgia
Ex parte Howard 30 Ala. 43 1857 0 Indictment for homicide of enslaved person Alabama
Dunnaway v. State 17 Tenn. 350 1836 0 Tennessee
Bailey v. Rawley 1 Swan 295 1851 0 Tennessee