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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Williams v. Wright 28 Tenn. 493 1848 0 Tennessee
Powell v. Powell 28 Tenn. 477 1848 0 Tennessee
Cathey v. Cathey 28 Tenn. 470 1848 0 Tennessee
Hackney v. Hackney 28 Tenn. 450 1848 0 Tennessee
Pearl v. Hansborough 28 Tenn. 426 1848 0 Tennessee
Saddler v. Apple 28 Tenn. 342 1848 0 Tennessee
James v. State 28 Tenn. 308 1848 0 Tennessee
Weatherhead v. Sewell 28 Tenn. 272 1848 0 Tennessee
Armstrong adm'r v. Park's devisees 28 Tenn. 195 1848 0 Tennessee
Harry v. Green 28 Tenn. 182 1848 0 Tennessee
Tyson v. State 28 Md. 577 1868 0 Maryland
Jenkins v. Hay 28 Md. 547 1868 0 Maryland
Goldsborough v. Cradie 28 Md. 477 1868 0 Maryland
Nickerson v. Nickerson 28 Md. 327 1868 0 Maryland
Ivey's Adm'r v. Owens 28 Ala. 641 1856 0 Recovery of Proceeds for Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Elmore v. Mustin 28 Ala. 309 1856 0 Detinue Alabama
Moses v. Denigree 27 Va. 561 1828 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Shearman v. Christian 27 Va. 50 1827 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Webb v. Mallard 27 Tex. 80 1863 0 Texas
Kendrick v. Taylor 27 Tex. 695 1864 1 Texas