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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Yeatman v. Hart 25 Tenn. 375 1845 0 Tennessee
Jenkins v. Brown 25 Tenn. 299 1845 0 Tennessee
Vance v. Cooper 49 Tenn. 93 1870 0 Tennessee
Parham v. Parham 25 Tenn. 287 1845 0 Tennessee
Gill v. Strozier 32 Ga. 688 1861 0 Conversion of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Stovall v. London 19 Va. 299 1816 0 Suit for specific performance SC of Appeals VA
Graham v. Lambert 24 Tenn. 595 1845 0 Tennessee
Bennett v. Union Bank 24 Tenn. 612 1845 0 Tennessee
Gookin v. Graham 24 Tenn. 480 1844 0 Tennessee
Thompson v. State 24 Tenn. 138 1844 0 Tennessee
Barnes v. Syester 14 Md. 507 1859 0 Maryland
Goodwin v. Moore 23 Tenn. 221 1843 0 Tennessee
McLean v. Houston 49 Tenn. 37 1870 0 Tennessee
Morgan v. McGhee 24 Tenn. 13 1844 0 Tennessee
Garner v. Smith 7 Gill 1 1848 0 Maryland
McAlister v. Marberry 23 Tenn. 426 1844 0 Tennessee
Yerger v. Rains 23 Tenn. 259 1843 0 Tennessee
Mitchell v. Clarke 1 N.C. 25 1790 0 Evidence North Carolina
Thompson v. Updegraff 3 W. Va. 629 1869 0 West Virginia
Johnson v. Byerly & Owens 40 Tenn. 194 1859 0 Tennessee