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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Crippen v. Bearden 24 Tenn. 129 1844 0 Tennessee
Belew v. Clark 23 Tenn. 506 1844 0 Tennessee
Henry v. State 23 Tenn. 270 1843 0 Tennessee
Brown's adm'rs v. Brown's adm'rs 25 Tenn. 127 1845 0 Tennessee
Morrow v. Hatfield 25 Tenn. 108 1845 0 Tennessee
Read v. Bostick 25 Tenn. 321 1845 0 Tennessee
Robertson v. Sublett 25 Tenn. 313 1845 0 Tennessee
Bryan v. Martin 24 Tenn. 565 1845 0 Tennessee
Barker v. Wheelip 24 Tenn. 329 1844 0 Tennessee
Howard v. Clemmons 24 Tenn. 368 1844 0 Tennessee
Saunders v. Harris 24 Tenn. 345 1844 0 Tennessee
Knight v. Jordan 25 Tenn. 101 1845 0 Tennessee
Perry v. Patterson 24 Tenn. 133 1844 0 Tennessee
Gilliam v. Bransford 23 Tenn. 398 1843 0 Tennessee
Hoggatt v. Bigley 25 Tenn. 236 1845 0 Tennessee
Long v. Hicks 21 Tenn. 305 1841 0 Tennessee
Thompson v. McKisick 22 Tenn. 631 1842 0 Tennessee
James v. Carr 2 Del. Cas. 223 1805 0 Denial for freedom since the enslaved person was loaned and not exported Delaware
Gupton v. McCawley 22 Tenn. 468 1842 0 Tennessee
Harwell v. Worsham 21 Tenn. 524 1841 0 Tennessee