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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Foster v. Mitchell 15 Ala. 571 1849 0 Alabama
Clarke ex rel. Clarke v. McCreary 20 Miss. 347 1849 0 Mississippi
Bentley v. Cummins 9 Ark. 487 1849 0 Arkansas
Powell v. Powell 41 N.C. 50 1849 0 North Carolina
Brown v. Clegg 41 N.C. 90 1849 0 North Carolina
Houston v. Smith 41 N.C. 264 1849 0 North Carolina
Green v. Phillips 41 N.C. 223 1849 0 North Carolina
Kelly v. Bryan 41 N.C. 283 1849 0 North Carolina
Love v. Love 41 N.C. 325 1849 0 North Carolina
Hansley v. Hansley 32 N.C. 506 1849 0 North Carolina
Foscue v. Eubank 32 N.C. 424 1849 0 North Carolina
Pollard v. Merrill 15 Ala. 169 1849 0 Alabama
James v. Herring 20 Miss. 336 1849 0 Mississippi
Smith v. Bobb 20 Miss. 322 1849 0 Mississippi
Windham v. Clarke 16 Ala. 659 1849 0 Alabama
Dail v. Traverse 8 Gill 41 1849 0 Maryland
Morehead v. State 28 Tenn. 635 1849 0 Tennessee
Franklin v. Waters 8 Gill 322 1849 0 Maryland
Fossett v. Turnage 28 Tenn. 686 1849 0 Tennessee
Vaught v. Wellborn 16 Ala. 377 1849 0 Alabama