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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Hearne v. Roane 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 90 1790 0 Marriage Settlement H.Ct of Chancery VA
Roane's Executors v. Hern 1 Va. 47 1791 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Woodson v. Woodson 2 Va. Ch. Dec. 129 1791 0 Action of debt H.Ct of Chancery VA
Butler v. Parks 1 Va. 76 1792 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Duncan v. Philips 40 Tenn. 415 1859 0 Tennessee
Vaden v. Vaden 38 Tenn. 444 1858 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Cannon 40 Tenn. 354 1859 0 Tennessee
Perry v. High 40 Tenn. 349 1859 0 Tennessee
Byram v. McGuire 40 Tenn. 530 1859 0 Tennessee
Nickson v. Toney 40 Tenn. 655 1859 0 Tennessee
Jennings v. State 40 Tenn. 520 1859 0 Tennessee
Elliott v. Holder 40 Tenn. 698 1859 0 Tennessee
Isaac v. Farnsworth 40 Tenn. 275 1859 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Greer 40 Tenn. 695 1859 0 Tennessee
Bank of Tennessee v. Nelson 40 Tenn. 634 1859 0 Tennessee
James v. Carper 36 Tenn. 397 1857 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Allen 40 Tenn. 429 1859 0 Tennessee
Overstreet v. Randolph 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 47 1789 0 Action of debt H.Ct of Chancery VA
Farrar v. Jackson 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 1 1788 0 Action to recover a slave H.Ct of Chancery VA
Sorrell's Case 3 Va. 253 1786 0 Manslaughter General Ct. of VA