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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Yerger v. Rains 23 Tenn. 259 1843 0 Tennessee
Cain & Horn v. Kelly 23 Tenn. 472 1844 0 Tennessee
McAlister v. Marberry 23 Tenn. 426 1844 0 Tennessee
Rice v. Steger 3 Tenn. Ch. R. 328 1877 1 Tennessee
Baker v. Barfield 23 Tenn. 514 1844 0 Tennessee
Sword v. State 24 Tenn. 102 1844 0 Tennessee
Morgan v. McGhee 24 Tenn. 13 1844 0 Tennessee
Pulse v. the State 24 Tenn. 108 1844 0 Tennessee
Goodwin v. Moore 23 Tenn. 221 1843 0 Tennessee
Haynie v. Hall's ex'r 24 Tenn. 290 1844 0 Tennessee
Herron v. Marshall 24 Tenn. 443 1844 0 Tennessee
Major v. State 36 Tenn. 597 1857 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Cozart 39 Tenn. 526 1859 0 Tennessee
Conner v. Crunk 39 Tenn. 246 1858 0 Tennessee
Thompson v. Jones 38 Tenn. 574 1858 0 Tennessee
Traynor v. Johnson 38 Tenn. 51 1858 0 Tennessee
Knight v. Atkisson 2 Tenn. Ch. R. 384 1875 1 Tennessee
Polk v. Buchanan 37 Tenn. 721 1857 0 Tennessee
Puryear v. Thompson 24 Tenn. 397 1844 0 Tennessee
Mayberry v. Neely 24 Tenn. 337 1844 0 Tennessee