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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Scarborough v. Tunnell 41 N.C. 103 1849 0 North Carolina
Witherspoon v. Carmichael 41 N.C. 143 1849 0 North Carolina
Forbes v. Forbes 5 Gill 29 1847 0 Maryland
Sanaker v. Cushwa 3 W. Va. 29 1868 0 West Virginia
Cameron v. Cameron 29 Miss. 112 1855 0 Mississippi
Mathews v. Wade 2 W. Va. 464 1868 0 West Virginia
Harris v. Hillman 26 Ala. 380 1855 0 Alabama
Collier v. Collier 30 Ind. 32 1868 0 Indiana
Laura v. State 26 Miss. 174 1853 0 Mississippi
State v. Curzy 19 Ind. 430 1862 0 Criminal Indiana
Lord v. Horsey 5 Del. 317 1851 0 Delaware
Riley v. Watson 18 Ind. 291 1862 0 Civil Indiana
Phifer v. Phifer 41 N.C. 155 1849 0 North Carolina
Parker v. Clarkson 4 W. Va. 407 1870 0 West Virginia
Thomason v. Dill 30 Ala. 444 1857 0 Alabama
Carroll v. Hussey 31 N.C. 89 1848 0 North Carolina
State v. Judge of the Fifth District Court ex rel. Perkins 12 La. Ann. 455 1857 0 Louisiana
Cully v. Jones 31 N.C. 168 1848 0 North Carolina
Walton v. Northington 37 Tenn. 282 1857 0 Tennessee
Simpson's Executors v. Boswell 27 N.C. 49 1844 0 North Carolina