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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Belew v. Clark 23 Tenn. 506 1844 0 Tennessee
Crippen v. Bearden 24 Tenn. 129 1844 0 Tennessee
Burrow v. Ragland 25 Tenn. 481 1846 0 Tennessee
Foster v. Jordan 2 Swan 476 1852 0 Tennessee
Harrold v. Gillespie 7 Hum. 57 1846 0 Tennessee
Ballard v. Jones 25 Tenn. 455 1846 0 Tennessee
Taylor v. State 26 Tenn. 510 1847 0 Tennessee
Lyon v. Jones 25 Tenn. 533 1846 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Porter 7 Hum. 373 1846 0 Tennessee
Fisher v. Cummings 26 Tenn. 232 1846 0 Tennessee
Bank of Tennessee v. Turney 26 Tenn. 271 1846 0 Tennessee
Langford v. Fly 26 Tenn. 585 1847 0 Tennessee
John v. Tate 7 Hum. 388 1846 0 Tennessee
Lewis v. Simonton 27 Tenn. 185 1847 0 Tennessee
Hall v. Tompkins 9 Hum. 592 1848 0 Tennessee
Patton v. Overton 8 Hum. 192 1847 0 Tennessee
Hackney v. Hackney 27 Tenn. 452 1847 0 Tennessee
Eaton v. Breathett 27 Tenn. 534 1847 0 Tennessee
Lassiter v. Cole 27 Tenn. 621 1848 0 Tennessee
Sevier v. Brown 2 Swan 112 1852 0 Tennessee