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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Henning v. Varner 34 Md. 102 1871 0 Maryland
Head v. Temple 51 Tenn. 34 1871 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Harrison 49 Tenn. 230 1871 0 Tennessee
Matthews v. Thompson 49 Tenn. 588 1871 0 Tennessee
Hudson v. King 49 Tenn. 560 1871 0 Tennessee
Vance v. Smith 49 Tenn. 343 1871 0 Tennessee
Queener v. Trew 53 Tenn. 59 1871 0 Tennessee
Robertson v. Simmons 51 Tenn. 135 1871 0 Tennessee
Clay v. East, Tennessee & Virginia Railroad 53 Tenn. 421 1871 0 Tennessee
Puryear v. Edmondson 51 Tenn. 43 1871 0 Tennessee
Johnson v. Johnson 53 Tenn. 240 1871 0 Tennessee
Webster v. Corbett 34 Tex. 263 1871 0 Texas
Guthrie v. South Western Iron Co. 55 Tenn. 826 1871 0 Tennessee
Waterbury v. Netherland 53 Tenn. 512 1871 0 Tennessee
Price v. Slaughter 1 Cin. Sup. Ct. Rep. 429 1871 0 Recovery of lands Ohio
Fulton v. Davidson 50 Tenn. 614 1871 0 Tennessee
Barbee v. Williams 51 Tenn. 522 1871 0 Tennessee
Sewell v. Morgan & Co. 49 Tenn. 672 1871 0 Tennessee
Young v. Cavitt 54 Tenn. 18 1871 0 Tennessee
Wiseman v. Bean 49 Tenn. 390 1871 0 Tennessee