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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Powell v. Powell 28 Tenn. 477 1848 0 Tennessee
Lewis v. Daniel 29 Tenn. 305 1849 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Zandt 46 U.S. 215 1847 0 United States
Scanland v. Settle 19 Tenn. 169 1837 0 Tennessee
Goodwin v. Floyd 18 Tenn. 520 1837 0 Tennessee
Purcell's Adm'r v. Mather 35 Ala. 570 1860 0 Action for garnishment of wages Alabama
Beaufort v. Collier 25 Tenn. 487 1846 0 Tennessee
Boyd v. State 47 Tenn. 69 1869 0 Tennessee
Davis v. Boyd 51 N.C. 249 1858 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Green v. Smith 44 Tenn. 436 1867 0 Tennessee
Barbee v. Mason 45 Tenn. 108 1867 0 Tennessee
Tabb v. Williams 57 N.C. 352 1859 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Lee v. Cone 44 Tenn. 392 1867 0 Tennessee
Banks v. Banks 42 Tenn. 546 1865 0 Tennessee
Catterlin v. Hardy 10 Ala. 511 1846 0 Action to remove enslaved persons Alabama
Duncan v. State 26 Tenn. 148 1846 0 Tennessee
Butler v. Rutledge 42 Tenn. 4 1865 0 Tennessee
Caperton v. Huddleston 26 Tenn. 452 1846 0 Tennessee
Thomas v. Scruggs 18 Tenn. 400 1837 0 Tennessee
Lonas v. State 50 Tenn. 287 1871 0 Tennessee