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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Swanson v. White 24 Tenn. 373 1844 0 Tennessee
Blackmore v. Blackmore 35 Tenn. 365 1855 0 Tennessee
Chester v. Greer 24 Tenn. 26 1844 0 Tennessee
Trigg v. Faris 24 Tenn. 343 1844 0 Tennessee
Elias v. Smith 25 Tenn. 33 1845 0 Tennessee
Bracken v. Chaffin 24 Tenn. 575 1845 0 Tennessee
Croft v. State 25 Tenn. 317 1845 0 Tennessee
Wade v. Roberts 25 Tenn. 124 1845 0 Tennessee
Alston v. Boyd 25 Tenn. 504 1846 0 Tennessee
Hancock v. Edwards 26 Tenn. 349 1846 0 Tennessee
Williams v. McCormack 26 Tenn. 308 1846 0 Tennessee
Irwin v. Jordan 26 Tenn. 167 1846 0 Tennessee
Washington v. Johnson 26 Tenn. 468 1846 0 Tennessee
Bowling v. Stratton 27 Tenn. 430 1847 0 Tennessee
Kay v. Connor 27 Tenn. 624 1848 0 Tennessee
Martin v. Youngblood 27 Tenn. 581 1847 0 Tennessee
Saddler v. Apple 28 Tenn. 342 1848 0 Tennessee
Hawkins v. Skeggs's adm'r 29 Tenn. 31 1848 0 Tennessee
Nancy v. Wright 28 Tenn. 597 1848 0 Tennessee
Moore v. Steele 29 Tenn. 562 1850 0 Tennessee