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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Foster v. Pugh 20 Miss. 416 1849 0 Mississippi
Davis v. Garrett 25 N.C. 459 1843 0 North Carolina
Young v. McKinnie 5 Fla. 542 1854 0 Supreme Court of FL
Cornish v. State 15 Md. 208 1860 0 Maryland
Hughes v. Cannon 21 Tenn. 589 1841 0 Tennessee
Sheldon v. Armstead's Adm'r 48 Va. 264 1851 0 SC of Appeals VA
Brown v. Brown 42 N.C. 30 1850 0 North Carolina
State v. Charles 1 Fla. 298 1847 0 Supreme Court of FL
Henry v. Wilson 33 N.C. 285 1850 0 North Carolina
Bowling v. Stratton 27 Tenn. 430 1847 0 Tennessee
Com. of Pennsylvania v. Chambre 4 Dall. 143 1794 0 Civil SC of PA.
Campbell v. Wallace 3 Yeates 572 1803 0 Civil SC of PA.
Gibbs v. Mermaud 2 Edw. Ch. 482 1835 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Southerland v. Webb 15 N.C. 245 1833 0 North Carolina
Fleming v. Gilmer 35 Ala. 62 1859 0 Alabama
Westbrook v. Croom 15 N.C. 250 1833 0 North Carolina
Hoggatt v. White 32 Tenn. 265 1852 0 Tennessee
Petty v. Gayle 25 Ala. 472 1854 0 Alabama
Gillis v. McKay 15 N.C. 172 1833 0 North Carolina
Edney v. King 39 N.C. 465 1847 0 North Carolina