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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
McRae v. Pegues 4 Ala. 158 1842 0 Alabama
Cameron v. Cameron 18 Miss. 394 1848 0 Mississippi
Nabors v. State 6 Ala. 200 1844 0 Alabama
Henderson v. Hoke 21 N.C. 119 1835 0 North Carolina
Kitchen v. Crawford 13 Tex. 516 1855 0 Texas
Forgay v. Conrad 47 U.S. 201 1848 0 United States
Peers v. Davis’ Administrators 29 Mo. 184 1859 0 Missouri
Hudnal v. Wilder 15 S.C.L. 294 1827 0 South Carolina
Stephen v. State 11 Ga. 225 1852 0 Georgia
Prall v. Peet’s Curator 3 La. 274 1832 0 Louisiana
Jim v. State 23 Tenn. 289 1843 0 Tennessee
John v. State 1 Ala. 95 1840 0 Alabama
Van Buren v. State 24 Miss. 512 1852 0 Mississippi
Jesse v. State 28 Miss. 100 1854 0 Mississippi
Austin v. State 14 Ark. 555 1854 0 Arkansas
Oxford v. State 33 Ala. 416 1859 0 Alabama
Fanny v. Kell 8 F. Cas. 995 1823 0 United States
Leggett v. Simmons 15 Miss. 348 1846 0 Mississippi
McConnell v. Hardeman 15 Ark. 151 1854 0 Arkansas
Carroll v. Carroll 20 Tex. 731 1858 0 Texas