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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Grooms v. Rust 27 Tex. 231 1863 0 Texas
Hagan v. Lucas 35 U.S. 400 1836 0 United States
Van Derzee v. Van Derzee 30 Barb. 331 1859 0 Civil SC of New York
Richardson v. Johnson 1 La. Ann. 389 1846 0 Louisiana
Charles Bros. v. State 42 Tenn. 201 1865 0 Tennessee
Scruggs v. Davis 37 Tenn. 261 1857 0 Tennessee
Forbes v. Forbes 5 Gill 29 1847 0 Maryland
Reuben v. Parrish 25 Tenn. 122 1845 0 Tennessee
Thurman v. Shelton 18 Tenn. 383 1837 0 Tennessee
Autrey v. Autrey's Adm'r 37 Ala. 614 1861 0 Alabama
Linda v. Hudson 55 Mass. 385 1848 0 Civil Massachusetts
Hart v. Hill 1 Whart. 124 1836 0 Civil SC of PA.
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 14 Mass. 257 1817 0 Civil Massachusetts
Frith v. Sprague 14 Mass. 455 1817 0 Civil Massachusetts
Harris v. Hillman 26 Ala. 380 1855 0 Alabama
Williamson's Ex'or v. Howard 41 Va. 39 1843 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lewis v. Holbrook 91 Mass. 347 1864 0 Civil Massachusetts
Van Metre v. Mitchell 28 F. Cas. 1042 1853 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
United States v. Brune 24 F. Cas. 1280 1852 0 Criminal Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Templet v. Baker 12 La. Ann. 658 1856 0 Louisiana