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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Petty v. Gayle 25 Ala. 472 1854 0 Alabama
Williams v. Harris 3 Miss. 627 1837 0 Mississippi
Tubb v. Williams 26 Tenn. 367 1846 0 Tennessee
Carter v. Graves 7 Miss. 9 1841 0 Mississippi
Mundorff v. Kilbourn 4 Md. 459 1853 0 Maryland
Whitfield v. Whitfield 44 Miss. 254 1870 0 Mississippi
Gibson v. Love 4 Fla. 217 1851 0 Supreme Court of FL
Butler v. Haskell 4 S.C. Eq. 651 1816 0 South Carolina
Harwell v. Fitts 20 Ga. 723 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
May v. May 7 Fla. 207 1857 0 Supreme Court of FL
Fitzpatrick v. School Commissioners 26 Tenn. 224 1846 0 Tennessee
Shanklin v. Johnson 9 Ala. 271 1846 0 Alabama
Head v. Temple 51 Tenn. 34 1871 0 Tennessee
Bob v. State 10 Tenn. 173 1826 0 Tennessee
Grier v. Wallace 7 S.C. 182 1876 0 South Carolina
Caruthers v. Corbin 38 Ga. 75 1868 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Davis v. Bawcum 57 Tenn. 406 1873 0 Tennessee
Hempstead v. Johnston 18 Ark. 123 1856 0 Arkansas
Daniel v. McClelland 26 Tenn. 298 1846 0 Tennessee
Woods v. Sullivan 1 Swan 507 1852 0 Tennessee