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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Swift v. Swift 36 Ala. 147 1860 0 Alabama
Davis v. Boyd 51 N.C. 249 1858 0 North Carolina
Smyth v. Oliver 31 Ala. 39 1857 0 Alabama
Dubose v. Young 10 Ala. 365 1846 0 Alabama
Bell v. Hammond 29 Va. 416 1830 0 SC of Appeals VA
Burns v. Hudson 37 Ala. 62 1860 0 Alabama
Hill v. Williams 59 N.C. 242 1861 0 North Carolina
Scales v. Scales 59 N.C. 163 1860 0 North Carolina
Partee v. Badget 12 Tenn. 174 1833 0 Tennessee
Joyner v. Conyers 59 N.C. 78 1860 0 North Carolina
Billups v. Riddick 53 N.C. 163 1860 0 North Carolina
Williamson v. Williams 59 N.C. 62 1860 0 North Carolina
Dixon v. Barclay 22 Ala. 370 1853 0 Alabama
State v. Peter 53 N.C. 346 1861 0 North Carolina
Wilkinson v. Williams 29 F. Cas. 1270 1850 0 United States
United States v. Louder 1 D.C. 103 1802 0 United States
Hardeman v. Sims 3 Ala. 747 1842 0 Alabama
Garner v. Executors of Garner 1 S.C. Eq. 437 1795 0 South Carolina
Mims v. Parker 1 Ala. 421 1840 0 Alabama
Hook v. Pagee 16 Va. 379 1811 0 SC of Appeals VA