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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Estill v. Deckerd 63 Tenn. 497 1874 0 Tennessee
Mallet v. Smith 27 S.C. Eq. 12 1853 0 South Carolina
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
Jones v. White 11 Hum. 268 1850 0 Tennessee
Craddock v. Cabiness 1 Swan 474 1852 0 Tennessee
Worley v. State 11 Hum. 172 1850 0 Tennessee
Ware v. Sharp 1 Swan 489 1852 0 Tennessee
Bell v. Speight 11 Hum. 451 1850 0 Tennessee
Moses v. State 11 Hum. 232 1850 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
Whitehead v. Lassiter 57 N.C. 79 1858 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
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