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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Rowlett v. Fulton 5 Tex. 458 1849 0 Texas
Jones v. Perkins 8 Tex. 337 1852 0 Texas
Philips v. Wheeler 10 Tex. 536 1853 0 Texas
Wilson v. Hendricks 54 N.C. 295 1854 0 North Carolina
Caldwell v. Haley 3 Tex. 317 1848 0 Texas
Pickersgill v. Brown 7 La. Ann. 297 1852 0 Louisiana
Uzzle v. Wood 54 N.C. 226 1854 0 North Carolina
Watts v. Johnson 4 Tex. 156 1849 0 Texas
Evans' v. Wells 26 Tenn. 559 1847 0 Tennessee
Robinson v. Varnell 16 Tex. 382 1856 0 Texas
Hoover v. Wells 39 Miss. 445 1860 0 Mississippi
Avery v. Avery 12 Tex. 54 1854 0 Texas
Stewart v. Sowles 3 La. Ann. 464 1848 0 Louisiana
Mitchell v. Puckett 23 Tex. 573 1859 0 Texas
Anderson v. Anderson 23 Tex. 639 1859 0 Texas
Garnett v. Cowles 39 Miss. 60 1860 0 Mississippi
United States v. Libby 26 F. Cas. 928 1846 0 Criminal Circuit Court, D. Maine
Succession of Fletcher v. Decoudreau 11 La. Ann. 59 1856 0 Louisiana
Weathersby v. Weathersby 39 Miss. 652 1861 0 Mississippi
Thurmond v. Trammell 22 Tex. 257 1858 0 Texas