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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Foster v. Goree 5 Ala. 424 1843 0 Alabama
Clarke & Co. v. Windham 12 Ala. 798 1848 0 Alabama
Powell v. Powell 10 Ala. 900 1846 0 Alabama
Morgan's Adm'r v. Morgan's Distributees 35 Ala. 303 1859 0 Alabama
Humphres v. Terrell 1 Ala. 650 1840 0 Alabama
Godfrey v. Hays 6 Ala. 501 1844 0 Alabama
Griffin v. Chubb 7 Tex. 603 1852 0 Texas
Hearrin v. Savage 16 Ala. 286 1849 0 Alabama
Noble v. Coleman 16 Ala. 77 1849 0 Alabama
Dowdy v. McLellan 52 Ga. 408 1874 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Lowry v. Erwin 6 Rob. 192 1843 0 Louisiana
Bates v. Vary 40 Ala. 421 1867 0 Alabama
Dozier v. Joyce 8 Port. 303 1838 0 Alabama
Whitehill v. Wilson 3 Pen. & W. 405 1832 0 Civil SC of PA.
State v. Johnson 12 N.C. 360 1827 0 North Carolina
Chisholm v. Lee 53 Ga. 611 1875 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Springs v. Erwin 28 N.C. 27 1845 0 North Carolina
Johnson v. McComb 49 Ga. 120 1871 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Robinson v. McDonald 2 Ga. 116 1847 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Braley v. Clarke 18 Ala. 436 1850 0 Alabama