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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Peter 53 N.C. 346 1861 0 North Carolina
Adams v. Dixon 19 Ga. 513 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Townsend v. Townsend 44 Tenn. 70 1867 0 Tennessee
Baylor v. Scott 2 Port. 315 1835 0 Alabama
Dixon v. Barclay 22 Ala. 370 1853 0 Alabama
Bird v. Graham 36 N.C. 196 1840 0 North Carolina
Hansell v. Bryan 19 Ga. 167 1855 0 Suprem Court of Georgia
Respublica v. Gaoler of Philadelphia County 1 Yeates 368 1794 0 Civil SC of PA.
Pate v. Pierce 44 Tenn. 104 1867 0 Tennessee
Berry v. Thompson 6 H. & J. 89 1823 0 Maryland
Succession of Fletcher v. Decoudreau 11 La. Ann. 59 1856 0 Louisiana
Rhodes v. Hooper 6 La. Ann. 355 1851 0 Louisiana
Williamson v. Williams 59 N.C. 62 1860 0 North Carolina
Raiford v. Raiford 41 N.C. 490 1849 0 North Carolina
Poindexter v. Blackburn 36 N.C. 286 1840 0 North Carolina
Hansford v. Elliott 9 Leigh 79 1837 0 Virginia
McDaniel v. Strohecker 19 Ga. 432 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Kettletas v. Fleet 1 Ant. N.P. Cas. 52 1808 0 Civil SC of New York
Quackenboss v. Lansing 6 Johns. 49 1810 0 Civil SC of New York
Guthrie v. Brown 57 Tenn. 380 1872 0 Tennessee