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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Symmes v. Arnold 10 Ga. 506 1851 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Brown v. Bennett 55 Ga. 189 1875 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Baird v. Bland 19 Va. 492 1817 0 SC of Appeals VA
Bell v. Hanks 55 Ga. 274 1875 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Gorman v. Campbell 14 Ga. 137 1853 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Atwood 14 Ga. 402 1854 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Stroud v. Mays 7 Ga. 269 1849 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Offutt v. Edwards 9 Rob. 90 1844 0 Louisiana
Haughton v. Barney 37 N.C. 393 1842 0 North Carolina
Strain v. Wright 7 Ga. 568 1849 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Rogers v. Wilson 13 Ark. 507 1853 1 Arkansas
Hooks v. State 215 Ga. 869 1960 1 Georgia
Cooper v. Sunderland 3 Iowa 114 1856 1 Iowa
Frost v. Thompson 219 Mass. 360 1914 1 Massachusetts
Gibson v. Soper 72 Mass. 279 1856 1 Massachusetts
Frye v. Kimball 16 Mo. 9 1852 1 Missouri
Smith v. Ashby 20 Mo. 354 1855 1 Missouri
Schneider v. McFarland 2 N.Y. 459 1849 1 New York
United States v. Exploration Co. 203 F. 387 1913 1 United States
Hatcher v. Hampton 7 Ga. 49 1849 0 Georgia