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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Woodson v. Pearce 37 Tenn. 416 1858 0 Tennessee
Watterson v. Watterson 38 Tenn. 1 1858 0 Tennessee
Parker v. Thompson 37 Tenn. 349 1858 0 Tennessee
Hobbs v. Ballard 37 Tenn. 395 1858 0 Tennessee
Marley v. Cummings 37 Tenn. 479 1858 0 Tennessee
Carnes v. Apperson & Co. 2 Sneed 562 1855 0 Tennessee
Luna v. Edmiston 37 Tenn. 159 1857 0 Tennessee
Bragg v. French 37 Tenn. 244 1857 0 Tennessee
Polk v. Buchanan 37 Tenn. 721 1857 0 Tennessee
Major v. State 36 Tenn. 597 1857 0 Tennessee
Wallace v. Canaday 36 Tenn. 364 1857 0 Tennessee
Pritchard v. Wallace 36 Tenn. 405 1857 0 Tennessee
Bugg v. Franklin 36 Tenn. 129 1856 0 Tennessee
Searcy v. Carter 36 Tenn. 271 1856 0 Tennessee
Burt v. Bobo 36 Tenn. 234 1856 0 Tennessee
Turner v. Fisher 36 Tenn. 209 1856 0 Tennessee
Town of East-Hartford v. Pitkin 8 Conn. 393 1831 0 Action in support of slave Connecticut
Turnipseed v. State 6 Ala. 664 1844 0 Cruel Punishment of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Gedney v. L'Amistad 10 F. Cas. 141 1840 0 Admiralty United States
Glanton v. Anthony 15 Ark. 543 1855 0 Property dispute Arkansas