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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Vardeman v. Lawson 17 Tex. 10 1856 0 Texas
Knox v. Thompson 12 La. Ann. 114 1857 0 Louisiana
Hays v. Collier 2 Sneed 585 1855 0 Tennessee
Watson v. James 15 La. Ann. 386 1860 0 Louisiana
State v. George 30 N.C. 324 1848 0 North Carolina
Hughes v. Garrett 8 Ala. 483 1845 0 Alabama
Inhabitants of Milford v. Inhabitants of Bellingham 16 Mass. 108 1819 0 Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 13 Mass. 302 1816 0 Massachusetts
Simon v. Paine's Administrator 4 D.C. 99 1830 0 United States
United States v. Farrell 5 D.C. 311 1837 0 United States
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 439 1838 0 United States
Slocomb v. Breedlove 8 La. 143 1835 0 Louisiana
State v. Judge of the Parish Court 15 La. 531 1840 0 Louisiana
Jones v. Woods 70 N.C. 447 1874 0 North Carolina
United States v. Carter 4 D.C. 732 1836 0 United States
Elliott v. Cochran 2 Sneed 468 1855 0 Tennessee
Ex parte Williams 4 D.C. 343 1833 0 United States
Ezell v. Franklin 2 Sneed 236 1854 0 Tennessee
Mandeville v. Cookenderfer 3 D.C. 257 1827 0 United States
Fenwick v. Tooker 4 D.C. 641 1835 0 United States