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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Carswell v. Ware 30 Ga. 267 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Water Lot Co. v. Leonard 30 Ga. 560 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Doyal v. Smith 28 Ga. 262 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Cheek v. State 38 Ala. 227 1862 0 Alabama
Sanderford v. Moore 54 N.C. 206 1854 0 North Carolina
Thomas v. Palmer 54 N.C. 249 1854 0 North Carolina
Rowland v. Rorke 49 N.C. 337 1857 0 North Carolina
Adams v. Mayor of Somerville 39 Tenn. 363 1859 0 Tennessee
Edwards v. Woolfolk's Administrator 56 Ky. 376 1856 0 Kentucky
Union Bank v. Stafford 53 U.S. 327 1851 0 United States
Doe on demise of Howard v. Howard 51 N.C. 235 1858 0 North Carolina
United States v. Pompey 2 D.C. 246 1821 0 United States
M'Vaughters v. Elder 4 S.C.L. 307 1809 0 South Carolina
Hackney v. Williams ex rel. Johnston 14 Tenn. 340 1834 0 Tennessee
Hamilton v. Franklin 4 D.C. 729 1836 0 United States
Moore v. Simmons 39 Tenn. 545 1859 0 Tennessee
Fay v. Hall 25 Ala. 704 1854 0 Alabama
Hill v. McDonald 38 Tenn. 383 1858 0 Tennessee
United States v. Jack 1 D.C. 44 1801 0 United States
Randolph v. Wendel 36 Tenn. 646 1857 0 Tennessee