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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Polk v. Robinson 42 N.C. 235 1851 0 North Carolina
Gant v. Hunsucker 34 N.C. 254 1851 0 North Carolina
Simpson v. King 33 N.C. 377 1850 0 North Carolina
Savage v. Forward 7 Ala. 463 1845 0 Alabama
Stewart v. Miller 19 Tenn. 574 1838 0 Tennessee
Ross v. Wharton 18 Tenn. 190 1836 0 Tennessee
Foster v. Pugh 20 Miss. 416 1849 0 Mississippi
Davis v. Garrett 25 N.C. 459 1843 0 North Carolina
Young v. McKinnie 5 Fla. 542 1854 0 Supreme Court of FL
Cornish v. State 15 Md. 208 1860 0 Maryland
Sheldon v. Armstead's Adm'r 48 Va. 264 1851 0 SC of Appeals VA
Brown v. Brown 42 N.C. 30 1850 0 North Carolina
Henry v. Wilson 33 N.C. 285 1850 0 North Carolina
Com. of Pennsylvania v. Chambre 4 Dall. 143 1794 0 Civil SC of PA.
Campbell v. Wallace 3 Yeates 572 1803 0 Civil SC of PA.
Southerland v. Webb 15 N.C. 245 1833 0 North Carolina
Westbrook v. Croom 15 N.C. 250 1833 0 North Carolina
Gillis v. McKay 15 N.C. 172 1833 0 North Carolina
Edney v. King 39 N.C. 465 1847 0 North Carolina
Cecil v. Cecil 20 Md. 153 1863 0 Maryland