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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Jones v. Jones 36 Md. 447 1872 0 Maryland
Barnum v. Barnum 42 Md. 251 1875 0 Maryland
Alexander v. Alexander 8 Ala. 796 1845 0 Alabama
Rawlings v. State 2 Md. 201 1852 0 Maryland
Goodwin v. McCoy 13 Ala. 271 1848 0 Alabama
Ex parte Robins 15 Ark. 402 1855 0 Arkansas
Elliott v. Twilley 5 Del. 192 1849 0 Delaware
Pool v. Hodnett 18 Ala. 752 1851 0 Alabama
Wilson v. Waples 3 Del. 270 1840 0 Delaware
State v. Flanigin 5 Ala. 477 1843 0 Alabama
Fuqua v. Hunt 1 Ala. 197 1840 0 Alabama
Plater v. Groome 3 Md. 134 1852 0 Maryland
Ringgold v. Barley 5 Md. 186 1853 0 Maryland
Fryer v. Dennis 2 Ala. 144 1841 0 Alabama
Ex parte Smith 34 Ala. 455 1859 0 Alabama
Governor v. Pearce 31 Ala. 465 1858 0 Alabama
Woodward v. Woodward 37 Tenn. 49 1857 0 Tennessee
Weatherhead v. Sewell 28 Tenn. 272 1848 0 Tennessee
Henderson v. Vaulx 18 Tenn. 30 1836 0 Tennessee
Gathings v. Williams 27 N.C. 487 1845 0 North Carolina