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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Barrow v. McDonald 12 La. Ann. 110 1857 0 Louisiana
Kean v. Welch 42 Va. 404 1845 0 SC of Appeals VA
Manice v. Duncan 12 La. Ann. 715 1857 0 Louisiana
Moore v. Spence 6 Ala. 506 1844 0 Alabama
Price v. Price 5 Ala. 578 1843 0 Alabama
Bob v. State 26 Tenn. 129 1846 0 Tennessee
Hughes v. Cannon 21 Tenn. 589 1841 0 Tennessee
Cornelius v. Cohen 1 Ill. 131 1825 0 Civil Illinois
Brisbane v. Mitchell 8 Serg. & Rawle 423 1822 0 Civil SC of PA.
Phoebe v. Jay 1 Ill. 268 1828 0 Civil Illinois
Commonwealth v. Tracy 46 Mass. 536 1843 0 Criminal Massachusetts
Williams v. Jarrot 6 Ill. 120 1844 0 Civil Illinois
Hone v. Ammons 14 Ill. 29 1852 0 Civil Illinois
Nelson v. People 33 Ill. 390 1864 0 Criminal Illinois
United States v. Williams 28 F. Cas. 631 1852 0 Criminal District Court, E.D. PA.
People v. Wolven 2 Edm. Sel. Cas. 108 1848 0 Criminal City Court of New York
Ex parte Harrison 7 Ala. 736 1845 0 Alabama
Nowlin v. Reynolds 66 Va. 137 1874 0 SC of Appeals VA
Head v. Temple 51 Tenn. 34 1871 0 Tennessee
Davis v. Bawcum 57 Tenn. 406 1873 0 Tennessee