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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Perry v. Gill 21 Tenn. 218 1840 0 Tennessee
Cornett v. Fain 33 Ga. 219 1862 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Dews & Smith v. Cornish 20 Ark. 332 1859 0 Arkansas
Merrill v. Dawson 17 F. Cas. 86 1846 0 United States
Buckner v. Street 4 F. Cas. 578 1871 0 E.D. Ark.
Cheeves v. Bell 54 N.C. 234 1854 0 North Carolina
Croom v. Whitfield 45 N.C. 143 1853 0 North Carolina
Sowell v. Barrett 45 N.C. 50 1852 0 North Carolina
Drewry v. Phillips 44 N.C. 81 1852 0 North Carolina
Fulford v. Hancock 45 N.C. 55 1852 0 North Carolina
Jones v. Glass 35 N.C. 305 1852 0 North Carolina
Ramsay v. Morris 35 N.C. 458 1852 0 North Carolina
Wooten v. Becton 43 N.C. 66 1851 0 North Carolina
Williams v. Harrell 43 N.C. 123 1851 0 North Carolina
Frelson v. Tiner 6 La. Ann. 18 1851 0 Louisiana
Chesson v. Chesson 43 N.C. 141 1851 0 North Carolina
Moore v. Spence 6 Ala. 506 1844 0 Alabama
Price v. Price 5 Ala. 578 1843 0 Alabama
Polk v. Robinson 42 N.C. 235 1851 0 North Carolina
Gant v. Hunsucker 34 N.C. 254 1851 0 North Carolina