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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Benton v. Pope 24 Tenn. 392 1844 0 Tennessee
Vincent v. Ashley 24 Tenn. 593 1845 0 Tennessee
Gift v. Anderson 24 Tenn. 577 1845 0 Tennessee
Parham v. Parham 25 Tenn. 287 1845 0 Tennessee
Ward v. Epsy 25 Tenn. 447 1846 0 Tennessee
Studdert v. Hassell 25 Tenn. 137 1845 0 Tennessee
McLanahan v. McLanahan 25 Tenn. 99 1845 0 Tennessee
Jenkins v. Brown 25 Tenn. 299 1845 0 Tennessee
Yeatman v. Hart 25 Tenn. 375 1845 0 Tennessee
Wood v. Cruisman 6 Hum. 279 1845 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Marable 25 Tenn. 116 1845 0 Tennessee
Fletcher v. State 25 Tenn. 249 1845 0 Tennessee
Martin v. State 25 Tenn. 204 1845 0 Tennessee
Trotter v. Watson 25 Tenn. 509 1846 0 Tennessee
Vanleer v. Fain 25 Tenn. 104 1845 0 Tennessee
Partee v. McAlister 25 Tenn. 408 1846 0 Tennessee
Shaw v. Shaw 25 Tenn. 418 1846 0 Tennessee
Morris v. Nixon 26 Tenn. 579 1847 0 Tennessee
Farnsworth v. Earnest 26 Tenn. 24 1846 0 Tennessee
Patton Ex'r. v. Allison 26 Tenn. 320 1846 0 Tennessee