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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Cook v. Weaver 12 Ga. 47 1852 0 Will and Trust Suprme Court of Georgia
Banks v. Wilks 20 Tenn. 279 1839 0 Tennessee
Peak v. Ligon 18 Tenn. 469 1837 0 Tennessee
Payne v. Lassiter 18 Tenn. 507 1837 0 Tennessee
Jacob v. Sharp 19 Tenn. 114 1838 0 Tennessee
Jones v. State 19 Tenn. 120 1838 0 Tennessee
Parker's v. Gilliam 18 Tenn. 394 1837 0 Tennessee
Richmond v. Richmond 18 Tenn. 343 1837 0 Tennessee
Graham v. Swearingin 17 Tenn. 276 1836 0 Tennessee
Scott v. Carruth 17 Tenn. 418 1836 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Williams 18 Tenn. 20 1836 0 Tennessee
McCullough v. Moore 17 Tenn. 305 1836 0 Tennessee
Hite v. State 17 Tenn. 198 1836 0 Tennessee
Wharton v. Thompson 17 Tenn. 45 1836 0 Tennessee
Wharton v. State 45 Tenn. 1 1867 0 Tennessee
Douglas v. Morford 16 Tenn. 373 1835 0 Tennessee
Young v. Cavitt 54 Tenn. 18 1871 0 Tennessee
Keeler v. Nelson 49 Tenn. 4 1870 0 Tennessee
Hunt v. Wing 57 Tenn. 139 1872 0 Tennessee
Henslie v. State 50 Tenn. 202 1871 0 Tennessee