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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Burroughs v. McNeill 22 N.C. 297 1839 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
State v. Jesse 19 N.C. 297 1837 0 Rape North Carolina
State v. Edmund 15 N.C. 340 1833 0 Indictment for stealing a slave North Carolina
State v. Tom 13 N.C. 569 1830 0 Conspiracy to murder North Carolina
Griffin v. Graham 8 N.C. 96 1820 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State v. Jim 7 N.C. 3 1819 0 Burglary North Carolina
Cash v. State 29 Tenn. 111 1849 0 Tennessee
Wyatt v. State 2 Swan 394 1852 0 Tennessee
Wesley v. State 11 Hum. 502 1851 0 Tennessee
Bibb v. Smith 59 Tenn. 728 1874 0 Tennessee
Ford v. Ford 42 Tenn. 74 1865 0 Tennessee
Wall v. Allen 63 Tenn. 210 1874 0 Tennessee
East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad v. John 37 Tenn. 524 1858 0 Tennessee
Cooley v. Steele 39 Tenn. 605 1859 0 Tennessee
Gass’ Heirs v. Gass’ Ex’rs 22 Tenn. 278 1842 0 Tennessee
Gassaway v. Hopkins 38 Tenn. 583 1858 0 Tennessee
Grigsby v. State 63 Tenn. 19 1874 0 Tennessee
Gannaway v. Tarpley 41 Tenn. 572 1860 0 Tennessee
Jim v. State 24 Tenn. 145 1844 0 Tennessee
James v. Drake 35 Tenn. 340 1855 0 Tennessee