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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Watson v. Davis. 52 N.C. 178 1859 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Campbell v. Fields 41 Tenn. 416 1860 0 Tennessee
Elliot v. Cochran 41 Tenn. 389 1860 0 Tennessee
Vanbibber v. Sawyers 29 Tenn. 81 1849 0 Tennessee
Aylett's Ex'or v. King 38 Va. 486 1841 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Smith v. Commonwealth 37 Va. 695 1840 0 Larceny of a slave General Ct. of VA
Bridgewater v. Gordon 34 Tenn. 5 1854 0 Tennessee
Executors of Tally v. Henry 41 Tenn. 290 1860 0 Tennessee
McCloud v. Chiles 41 Tenn. 248 1860 0 Tennessee
Cheek v. State 41 Tenn. 172 1860 0 Tennessee
DeGraffenreid v. Green 41 Tenn. 109 1860 0 Tennessee
Roberts v. Westbrook 41 Tenn. 115 1860 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Gray 41 Tenn. 104 1860 0 Tennessee
Latimer v. Rogers 40 Tenn. 692 1859 0 Tennessee
Green v. Goodall 41 Tenn. 404 1860 0 Tennessee
Queener v. Morrow 41 Tenn. 123 1860 0 Tennessee
United States v. Simms 4 D.C. 618 1835 0 Highway Robbery United States
Burr v. Dunnahoo 1 D.C. 370 1806 0 Freedom Petition for unlawful importation and sale United States
State v. Murphy 9 Port. 487 1839 0 Indictment for selling liquor to enslaved person Alabama
Waters v. Barton 41 Tenn. 450 1860 0 Tennessee