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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Moses v. State 29 Tenn. 456 1850 0 Tennessee
McHaney v. McNeilly 57 Tenn. 535 1873 0 Tennessee
Hyden v. Hyden 65 Tenn. 406 1873 0 Tennessee
McClure v. Doak 65 Tenn. 364 1873 0 Tennessee
Nored v. Adams 39 Tenn. 449 1859 0 Tennessee
State v. Allen 10 N.C. 614 1825 0 Grand Larceny North Carolina
Blackwell’s Adm’r v. Blackwell’s Distributees 33 Ala. 57 1858 0 Distribution of estate dispute Alabama
McNeill v. Arnold 22 Ark. 477 1861 0 Fraudulent sale of enslaved persons Arkansas
Stockley v. Rowley 39 Tenn. 493 1859 0 Tennessee
Strayhorn v. Giles 22 Ark. 517 1861 0 Fraudulent sale of a free person Arkansas
Evans v. Higdon 60 Tenn. 245 1872 0 Tennessee
Dearin v. Fitzpatrick 19 Tenn. 551 1838 0 Tennessee
Hoyle v. Smith 38 Tenn. 90 1858 0 Tennessee
Ocoee Bank v. Nelson 41 Tenn. 186 1860 0 Tennessee
Kirby v. Miller 44 Tenn. 3 1867 0 Tennessee
Owen v. Hancock 38 Tenn. 563 1858 0 Tennessee
State v. Hardin 19 N.C. 407 1837 0 Indictment for seducing and conveying a slave North Carolina
Henderson v. Hoke 21 N.C. 119 1835 0 Trusts North Carolina
Lewis v. Woodfolk 61 Tenn. 25 1872 0 Tennessee
Starkey v. Hammer 60 Tenn. 438 1872 0 Tennessee