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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Westbrook v. Mitchell 24 Tex. 560 1859 0 Texas
Westbrook v. Croom 15 N.C. 250 1833 0 North Carolina
Wesley v. Thomas 6 H. & J. 24 1823 0 Maryland
Wesley v. State 11 Hum. 502 1851 0 Tennessee
Wesley v. State 37 Miss. 327 1859 0 Mississippi
Werner v. Kelly 9 La. Ann. 60 1854 0 Louisiana
Welsh v. Terrebonne 6 La. Ann. 78 1851 0 Louisiana
Wells v. Wilder 36 Ga. 194 1867 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Wells v. Wells 8 Mart. (n.s.) 307 1829 0 Louisiana
Wells v. Wells 35 Miss. 638 1858 0 Mississippi
Wells v. Walker 8 La. 14 1835 0 Louisiana
Wells v. Treadwell 28 Miss. 717 1855 0 Mississippi
Wells v. Shipp 1 Miss. 353 1829 0 Mississippi
Wells v. Roach 10 La. Ann. 543 1855 0 Louisiana
Wells v. Ragland 31 Tenn. 501 1852 0 Tennessee
Wells v. Mitchell 39 Miss. 800 1861 0 Mississippi
Wells v. McMaster 5 Rob. 154 1843 0 Louisiana
Wells v. Lane 9 Johns. 144 1812 0 Civil SC of New York
Wells v. Lane 8 Johns. 462 1811 0 Criminal SC of New York
Wells v. Hunter 6 Mart. (n.s.) 311 1827 0 Louisiana