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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Payne v. Lassiter 18 Tenn. 507 1837 0 Tennessee
Beasley v. Jenkins 39 Tenn. 191 1858 0 Tennessee
Peak v. Ligon 18 Tenn. 469 1837 0 Tennessee
Jacob v. Sharp 19 Tenn. 114 1838 0 Tennessee
Kercheval v. Harney 19 Tenn. 403 1838 0 Tennessee
Elijah v. State 20 Tenn. 102 1839 0 Tennessee
Dowell v. Bailey 18 Tenn. 489 1837 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Thompson 2 Swan 386 1852 0 Tennessee
Swails v. Bushart 39 Tenn. 561 1859 0 Tennessee
Gannaway v. Tarpley 41 Tenn. 572 1860 0 Tennessee
Banks v. Wilks 20 Tenn. 279 1839 0 Tennessee
Jones v. State 19 Tenn. 120 1838 0 Tennessee
Fulkerson v. Bullard 35 Tenn. 260 1855 0 Tennessee
Bearden v. Taylor 42 Tenn. 134 1865 0 Tennessee
Johnson v. Mitchell 20 Tenn. 168 1839 0 Tennessee
Cruse v. McKee 39 Tenn. 1 1858 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Hamlet 2 Sneed 256 1854 0 Tennessee
Murphey v. Goin 20 Tenn. 440 1839 0 Tennessee
Deer v. Devin 20 Tenn. 66 1839 0 Tennessee
Coleman v. Pinkard 21 Tenn. 185 1840 0 Tennessee