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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Nelson v. Botts 16 La. 596 1840 0 Louisiana
Nelson v. Carrington 18 Va. 332 1815 0 SC of Appeals VA
Nelson v. Goree'r Adm'r 34 Ala. 565 1859 0 Alabama
Nelson v. Hall 58 N.C. 32 1859 0 North Carolina
Nelson v. Iverson 17 Ala. 216 1850 0 Alabama
Nelson v. Iverson 24 Ala. 9 1853 0 Alabama
Nelson v. Iverson 19 Ala. 95 1851 0 Alabama
Nelson v. Lillard 16 La. 336 1840 0 Louisiana
Nelson v. Nelson 41 N.C. 409 1849 0 North Carolina
Nelson v. People 33 Ill. 390 1864 0 Criminal Illinois
Nelson v. Smithpeter 42 Tenn. 13 1865 0 Tennessee
Nelson v. Stamper 43 Ga. 332 1871 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Nelson v. State 6 Ala. 394 1844 0 Alabama
Nelson v. State 2 Swan 237 1852 0 Tennessee
Nelson v. State 39 Ala. 667 1866 0 Alabama
Nelson v. State 26 Tenn. 542 1847 0 Tennessee
Nelson v. State 29 Tenn. 518 1850 0 Tennessee
Nels v. State 2 Tex. 281 1847 0 Texas
Nerault's Heirs & Wife v. L'Enclos 8 Mart. (n.s.) 185 1829 0 Louisiana
Nesbitt v. Drew 17 Ala. 379 1850 0 Alabama