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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
McRae v. Pegues 4 Ala. 158 1842 0 Alabama
Cameron v. Cameron 18 Miss. 394 1848 0 Mississippi
Simpson v. Mitchell 16 Tenn. 417 1835 0 Tennessee
State v. Aaron 4 N.J.L. 231 1818 0 Criminal New Jersey
Succession of Packwood 12 La. 334 1845 0 Louisiana
Forgay v. Conrad 47 U.S. 201 1848 0 United States
Runyan v. Morgan 26 Tenn. 210 1846 0 Tennessee
Prall v. Peet’s Curator 3 La. 274 1832 0 Louisiana
John v. State 1 Ala. 95 1840 0 Alabama
Van Buren v. State 24 Miss. 512 1852 0 Mississippi
Oxford v. State 33 Ala. 416 1859 0 Alabama
Fanny v. Kell 8 F. Cas. 995 1823 0 United States
McConnell v. Hardeman 15 Ark. 151 1854 0 Arkansas
Carroll v. Carroll 20 Tex. 731 1858 0 Texas
Patton Ex'r. v. Allison 26 Tenn. 320 1846 0 Tennessee
Peter v. State 12 Miss. 31 1844 0 Mississippi
Richards v. Swan 7 Gill 366 1848 0 Maryland
Thornton v. Burch 20 Ga. 791 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Grant v. Moseley 29 Ala. 302 1856 0 Alabama
Harvey v. Epes 53 Va. 153 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA