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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Knight v. Jordan 25 Tenn. 101 1845 0 Tennessee
Belew v. Clark 23 Tenn. 506 1844 0 Tennessee
Henry v. State 23 Tenn. 270 1843 0 Tennessee
Hoggatt v. Bigley 25 Tenn. 236 1845 0 Tennessee
Burrough v. Brooks 40 Tenn. 392 1859 0 Tennessee
Chester v. Greer 24 Tenn. 26 1844 0 Tennessee
Bogard v. Jones 28 Tenn. 739 1849 0 Tennessee
Long v. Hicks 21 Tenn. 305 1841 0 Tennessee
Owen's adm'r v. Owen 24 Tenn. 352 1844 0 Tennessee
Thompson v. McKisick 22 Tenn. 631 1842 0 Tennessee
Tom v. State 27 Tenn. 86 1847 0 Tennessee
Gray v. Hays 26 Tenn. 588 1847 0 Tennessee
Field v. Arrowsmith 22 Tenn. 442 1842 0 Tennessee
Richardson v. Thompson 20 Tenn. 151 1839 0 Tennessee
Lafferty v. Whitesides' lessee 1 Swan 123 1851 0 Tennessee
Gillespie v. Edmonston 11 Hum. 553 1851 0 Tennessee
Kit v. State 30 Tenn. 167 1850 0 Tennessee
Downing v. Johnson 45 Tenn. 229 1867 0 Tennessee
Angus v. Dickerson 19 Tenn. 459 1838 0 Tennessee
Farnsworth v. Lemons 11 Hum. 140 1850 0 Tennessee