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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Morrow's adm'r v. Bailey 2 W. Va. 326 1867 0 West Virginia
Beacroft v. Strawn 67 Ill. 28 1873 0 Civil Illinois
Anderson v. Poindexter 6 Ohio St. 622 1856 0 Civil Ohio
Laura v. State 26 Miss. 174 1853 0 Mississippi
Dulany v. Green 4 Del. 285 1845 0 Delaware
Craig v. Phipps 23 Miss. 240 1851 0 Mississippi
Phifer v. Phifer 41 N.C. 155 1849 0 North Carolina
Parker v. Clarkson 4 W. Va. 407 1870 0 West Virginia
McLeod v. Oates 30 N.C. 387 1848 0 North Carolina
Cocke v. Rucks 34 Miss. 105 1857 0 Mississippi
Doggett v. Hogan 40 N.C. 340 1848 0 North Carolina
Cully v. Jones 31 N.C. 168 1848 0 North Carolina
Hughes v. Cannon 21 Tenn. 589 1841 0 Tennessee
Stephen v. Smith 40 N.C. 369 1848 0 North Carolina
Polk v. Buchanan 37 Tenn. 721 1857 0 Tennessee
Mitchell v. Walker 30 N.C. 243 1848 0 North Carolina
Love v. Love 40 N.C. 201 1848 0 North Carolina
Watkins v. Flora 30 N.C. 374 1848 0 North Carolina
Gambling v. Read 19 Tenn. 281 1838 0 Tennessee
Wells v. Ragland 31 Tenn. 501 1852 0 Tennessee