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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Davis v. Bawcum 57 Tenn. 406 1873 0 Tennessee
Guthrie v. Brown 57 Tenn. 380 1872 0 Tennessee
McAllister v. McAllister 57 Tenn. 345 1872 0 Tennessee
Barry v. Frayser 57 Tenn. 206 1872 0 Tennessee
Hunt v. Wing 57 Tenn. 139 1872 0 Tennessee
Trowell v. Carraway 57 Tenn. 104 1872 0 Tennessee
Cooper v. Hepburn 56 Va. 551 1860 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Fulton's Ex'ors v. Gracey 56 Va. 314 1859 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Morris v. Morris 56 Tenn. 814 1872 0 Tennessee
Kindell v. Titus 56 Tenn. 727 1872 0 Tennessee
Logan v. Hartford City & Syracuse Coal Co. 56 Tenn. 689 1872 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Sharp 56 Tenn. 660 1872 0 Tennessee
Merriman v. Norman 56 Tenn. 269 1872 0 Tennessee
Allen v. Walt 56 Tenn. 242 1872 0 Tennessee
Swindall v. Bradley 56 N.C. 353 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Owens v. Claytor 56 Md. 129 1881 0 Maryland
Edwards v. Woolfolk's Administrator 56 Ky. 376 1856 0 Wills & Estates Kentucky
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Civil Kentucky
Sherman v. Commonwealth 55 Va. 677 1858 0 Writ of Error SC of Appeals VA
Reids Adm'r v. Blackstone 55 Va. 363 1858 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA