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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Scudder v. Woodbridge 1 Ga. 195 1846 0 Recovery of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Phillips v. State ex rel. Saunders 15 Ga. 518 1854 0 Possessory warranty Supreme Court of Georgia
West v. Lanier 28 Tenn. 762 1849 0 Tennessee
Burroughs v. McNeill 22 N.C. 297 1839 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Bibb v. Smith 59 Tenn. 728 1874 0 Tennessee
Grigsby v. State 63 Tenn. 19 1874 0 Tennessee
Cooper v. State 67 Tenn. 324 1874 0 Tennessee
Campbell v. Boulton 62 Tenn. 354 1874 0 Tennessee
Cartmell & Exum v. McClaren 59 Tenn. 41 1873 0 Tennessee
Hoyle v. Smith 38 Tenn. 90 1858 0 Tennessee
Petty v. State 65 Tenn. 610 1872 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Hamlet 2 Sneed 256 1854 0 Tennessee
Merriman v. Norman 56 Tenn. 269 1872 0 Tennessee
Cunningham v. Wood 23 Tenn. 417 1843 0 Tennessee
Norment v. Smith 20 Tenn. 46 1839 0 Tennessee
Simpson v. Peck's Ex'rs 32 Tenn. 54 1852 0 Tennessee
Marshall v. Dodson 48 Tenn. 95 1870 0 Tennessee
Grider v. Harbison 46 Tenn. 208 1869 0 Tennessee
Bankhead v. Alloway 46 Tenn. 56 1868 0 Tennessee
Douglass v. Cross 46 Tenn. 416 1869 0 Tennessee