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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Burnett v. Harwell 30 Va. 89 1831 1 Virginia
Preston v. Zabrisky 2 La. 226 1831 0 Louisiana
Bernard v. McKenna 4 D.C. 130 1831 0 United States
Bouquette's Guardian v. Donnet 2 La. 193 1831 0 Louisiana
Hodder v. Nelder 2 La. 525 1831 0 Louisiana
Trasher v. Everhart 3 G. & J. 234 1831 1 Maryland
Woodruff v. Bentley 30 F. Cas. 521 1831 0 Arkansas
Butler v. Duvall 4 D.C. 167 1831 0 United States
Arnold v. Blackwell 17 N.C. 1 1831 0 North Carolina
Mayfield v. Clifton 3 Stew. 375 1831 0 Alabama
Cary v. Gregg 3 Stew. 433 1831 0 Alabama
Caines v. Marley 10 Tenn. 582 1831 1 Tennessee
Bullard v. Phillips 3 La. 151 1831 0 Louisiana
Griffon v. Jacobs 2 La. 192 1831 0 Louisiana
Bethea v. Taylor 3 Stew. 482 1831 0 Alabama
Paxton v. Cobb 2 La. 137 1831 0 Louisiana
Frisbie v. McCarty 1 Stew. & P. 56 1831 0 Alabama
Hewitt's Case 3 Bland 184 1831 1 Maryland
Blydenburgh v. Welsh 3 F. Cas. 771 1831 1 United States
Kerr & Bell v. Whiteside 1 Ill. 390 1831 1 Illinois