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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Smith v. Hoff 1 Cow. 127 1823 0 Civil SC of New York
Fleming v. McKesson 56 N.C. 316 1857 0 North Carolina
State v. Harriet 49 N.C. 264 1857 0 North Carolina
Collett v. Frazier 56 N.C. 80 1856 0 North Carolina
Oden v. Windley 55 N.C. 440 1856 0 North Carolina
Fleetwood v. Fleetwood 17 N.C. 222 1832 0 North Carolina
Nixon v. Lindsay 55 N.C. 230 1855 0 North Carolina
Long v. Wright 47 N.C. 140 1855 0 North Carolina
Cohoon v. Speed 47 N.C. 133 1855 0 North Carolina
Flanner v. Moore 47 N.C. 120 1854 0 North Carolina
Boxly v. McKay 36 Tenn. 286 1856 0 Tennessee
Moye v. May 54 N.C. 84 1853 0 North Carolina
Hamblet v. Herndon 22 Tenn. 34 1842 0 Tennessee
Stiles v. Richardson 4 Yeates 82 1804 0 Civil SC of PA.
Powell v. Knox 16 Ala. 364 1849 0 Alabama
Perry v. Gill 21 Tenn. 218 1840 0 Tennessee
Powell v. Olds 9 Ala. 861 1846 0 Alabama
Croom v. Whitfield 45 N.C. 143 1853 0 North Carolina
Jones v. Glass 35 N.C. 305 1852 0 North Carolina
Allen v. Prater 30 Ala. 458 1857 0 Alabama