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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Hughes v. Boyd 2 Sneed 512 1855 0 Tennessee
State v. Sharp 2 Sneed 615 1855 0 Tennessee
Sharp v. Sharp 2 Sneed 496 1855 0 Tennessee
Mosely v. Baker 2 Sneed 362 1854 0 Tennessee
Savage v. Hale 1 Sneed 365 1853 0 Tennessee
Gourley v. Thompson 2 Sneed 387 1854 0 Tennessee
Major v. State 2 Sneed 11 1854 0 Tennessee
Cobb, Welsh & Co. v. Johnson 2 Sneed 73 1854 0 Tennessee
State v. Harris 2 Sneed 224 1854 0 Tennessee
Douglass v. Harrison 2 Sneed 382 1854 0 Tennessee
Houston v. Embry 1 Sneed 480 1853 0 Tennessee
Scott v. Hix 2 Sneed 192 1854 0 Tennessee
Walls' adm'r v. Ward 2 Swan 648 1852 0 Tennessee
White v. Harmond 35 Tenn. 322 1855 0 Tennessee
Decherd v. Blanton 35 Tenn. 373 1855 0 Tennessee
Lowe v. Morris 36 Tenn. 69 1856 0 Tennessee
Ward v. Saunders 35 Tenn. 387 1855 0 Tennessee
Gee v. Gee 2 Sneed 395 1854 0 Tennessee
Franklin v. Ezell 1 Sneed 497 1853 0 Tennessee
Johnson v. Walton 1 Sneed 258 1853 0 Tennessee