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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Leake v. Sutherland 25 Ark. 219 1868 0 Arkansas
Cook v. Parham 24 Ala. 21 1853 0 Alabama
Williams v. Walton 16 Tenn. 387 1835 0 Tennessee
United States v. The Reindeer 2 Cliff. 57 1861 0 United States
Burnett v. Hawpe's Ex'or 66 Va. 481 1874 0 SC of Appeals VA
Janes v. Buzzard 13 F. Cas. 344 1834 0 Arkansas
Whitehill v. Wilson 3 Pen. & W. 405 1832 0 Civil SC of PA.
Atwell v. Miller 11 Md. 348 1857 0 Maryland
Beaufort v. Collier 25 Tenn. 487 1846 0 Tennessee
Woodson v. Smith 38 Tenn. 276 1858 0 Tennessee
Melvin v. Melvin 6 Md. 541 1854 0 Maryland
Bugg v. Franklin 36 Tenn. 129 1856 0 Tennessee
Burt v. Bobo 36 Tenn. 234 1856 0 Tennessee
Turner v. Fisher 36 Tenn. 209 1856 0 Tennessee
Fitzgerald v. Vestal 36 Tenn. 258 1856 0 Tennessee
Nichols v. Cheairs 36 Tenn. 229 1856 0 Tennessee
Cheek v. Wheatley 35 Tenn. 484 1856 0 Tennessee
Rosson v. Hancock 35 Tenn. 434 1856 0 Tennessee
Hudson v. King 49 Tenn. 560 1871 0 Tennessee
Cully v. Jones 31 N.C. 168 1848 0 North Carolina