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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hamilton v. Commonwealth 3 Pen. & W. 142 1831 0 Criminal SC of PA.
State ex rel. Wilson v. Jameson 3 G. & J. 442 1831 0 Maryland
Atkinson v. Clarke 14 N.C. 171 1831 0 North Carolina
Watts v. Kinney 30 Va. 272 1831 1 Virginia
Brackett v. Leighton 7 Me. 383 1831 1 Maine
Woodruff v. Bentley 30 F. Cas. 521 1831 0 Arkansas
M. & C. Miller v. Bear 3 Paige Ch. 466 1831 1 New York
Sheppard v. Taylor 30 U.S. 675 1831 1 United States
Blydenburgh v. Welsh 3 F. Cas. 771 1831 1 United States
Yarborough v. Harris 14 N.C. 40 1831 0 North Carolina
State v. Pitot 2 La. 266 1831 0 Louisiana
Bethea v. Taylor 3 Stew. 482 1831 0 Alabama
Stokes & Smith v. Upper Appomatox Co. 30 Va. 318 1831 1 Virginia
Commonwealth ex rel. Taylor v. Hasson 3 Pen. & W. 237 1831 0 Civil SC of PA.
Baylor v. McGregor 1 Stew. & P. 158 1831 0 Alabama
Cooper v. Pridgeon 17 N.C. 98 1831 0 North Carolina
Preston v. Zabrisky 2 La. 226 1831 0 Louisiana
Samuel v. Childs 4 D.C. 189 1831 0 United States
Speight v. Gatling 17 N.C. 5 1831 0 North Carolina
Lum v. Kelso 3 La. 64 1831 0 Louisiana