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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Irwin v. Jordan 26 Tenn. 167 1846 0 Tennessee
Duncan v. Hargrove 22 Ala. 150 1853 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Williams v. McCormack 26 Tenn. 308 1846 0 Tennessee
Allen v. Hollis 31 Ga. 143 1860 0 Slave Contract Dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Alston v. Boyd 25 Tenn. 504 1846 0 Tennessee
Wade v. Roberts 25 Tenn. 124 1845 0 Tennessee
Morrow's adm'r v. Bailey 2 W. Va. 326 1867 0 West Virginia
Swanson v. White 24 Tenn. 373 1844 0 Tennessee
Lester's Case 23 Tenn. 383 1843 0 Tennessee
Schindel v. Schindel 12 Md. 294 1858 0 Maryland
Stone v. State 23 Tenn. 27 1843 0 Tennessee
Commonwealth v. Ricks 42 Va. 416 1845 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Henry v. Bradford 40 Va. 54 1842 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Grannis v. Smith 22 Tenn. 179 1842 0 Tennessee
Townshend v. Townshend 6 Md. 295 1854 0 Maryland
Lenoir v. Sylvester 17 S.C.L. 632 1830 0 North Carolina
Fowler v. Norman 21 Tenn. 384 1841 0 Tennessee
Pool v. Harrison 18 Ala. 514 1850 0 Detinue Alabama
Chambers v. People 5 Ill. 351 1843 0 Illinois
Van Kleeck v. Dutch Church 20 Wend. 457 1838 0 Will & Trust Court for the Correction of Errors of New York