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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Chesson v. Chesson 43 N.C. 141 1851 0 North Carolina
Polk v. Robinson 42 N.C. 235 1851 0 North Carolina
Savage v. Forward 7 Ala. 463 1845 0 Alabama
Stewart v. Miller 19 Tenn. 574 1838 0 Tennessee
Chase v. Lockerman 11 G. & J. 185 1840 0 Maryland
Brown v. Dortch 59 Tenn. 740 1874 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Brown 42 N.C. 30 1850 0 North Carolina
Henry v. Wilson 33 N.C. 285 1850 0 North Carolina
Campbell v. Wallace 3 Yeates 572 1803 0 Civil SC of PA.
Southerland v. Webb 15 N.C. 245 1833 0 North Carolina
Edney v. King 39 N.C. 465 1847 0 North Carolina
Cecil v. Cecil 20 Md. 153 1863 0 Maryland
Kearney v. Sascer 37 Md. 264 1873 0 Maryland
Foote v. State 59 Md. 264 1883 0 Maryland
Glen v. Hodges 9 Johns. 67 1812 0 Civil SC of New York
Cramer v. Bradshaw 10 Johns. 484 1813 0 Civil SC of New York
Baines v. Williams 25 N.C. 481 1843 0 North Carolina
Haney v. Waddle 3 H. & J. 557 1815 0 Maryland
Moore v. White 4 H. & J. 548 1819 0 Maryland
London v. Hudson 1 Del. Cas. 317 1801 0 Delaware