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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Read v. Manning 30 Miss. 308 1855 0 Mississippi
Whitfield v. Whitfield 44 Miss. 254 1870 0 Mississippi
Cornish v. Dews 18 Ark. 172 1856 0 Arkansas
Fleming v. Townsend 6 Ga. 103 1849 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Bob v. State 10 Tenn. 173 1826 0 Tennessee
Grier v. Wallace 7 S.C. 182 1876 0 South Carolina
Maxwell v. Maxwell 60 Ky. 101 1860 0 Kentucky
Wall v. Wall 30 Miss. 91 1855 0 Mississippi
Cameron v. Cameron 18 Miss. 394 1848 0 Mississippi
Kitchen v. Crawford 13 Tex. 516 1855 0 Texas
Stephen v. State 11 Ga. 225 1852 0 Georgia
John v. State 1 Ala. 95 1840 0 Alabama
Fanny v. Kell 8 F. Cas. 995 1823 0 United States
Carroll v. Carroll 20 Tex. 731 1858 0 Texas
State v. M’Kee 17 S.C.L. 651 1830 0 North Carolina
Peter v. State 12 Miss. 31 1844 0 Mississippi
Peter v. State 7 Miss. 326 1842 0 Mississippi
In re Susan 2 Wheel. Cr. Cas. 594 1818 0 United States
Hansford v. Elliott 9 Leigh 79 1837 0 Virginia
Jones v. Jones 20 Ga. 699 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia