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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bumpas v. Dotson 26 Tenn. 310 1846 0 Tennessee
Yeatman v. Hart 25 Tenn. 375 1845 0 Tennessee
Ex parte Ball 43 Va. 588 1845 0 Writ of habeus corpus General Ct. of VA
State v. Curtis 24 Tenn. 601 1845 0 Tennessee
Irwin v. Burnett 25 Tenn. 342 1845 0 Tennessee
Gilliam v. Spence 6 Hum. 160 1845 0 Tennessee
Vanleer v. Fain 25 Tenn. 104 1845 0 Tennessee
Martin v. State 25 Tenn. 204 1845 0 Tennessee
Fletcher v. State 25 Tenn. 249 1845 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Marable 25 Tenn. 116 1845 0 Tennessee
Wood v. Cruisman 6 Hum. 279 1845 0 Tennessee
Alexander v. Espy 25 Tenn. 157 1845 0 Tennessee
Jenkins v. Brown 25 Tenn. 299 1845 0 Tennessee
McLanahan v. McLanahan 25 Tenn. 99 1845 0 Tennessee
Studdert v. Hassell 25 Tenn. 137 1845 0 Tennessee
Parham v. Parham 25 Tenn. 287 1845 0 Tennessee
Gift v. Anderson 24 Tenn. 577 1845 0 Tennessee
Vincent v. Ashley 24 Tenn. 593 1845 0 Tennessee
Graham v. Lambert 24 Tenn. 595 1845 0 Tennessee
Bennett v. Union Bank 24 Tenn. 612 1845 0 Tennessee