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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sumner v. Gray 4 Ark. 467 1842 0 Arkansas
Mead v. Figh 4 Ala. 279 1842 0 Alabama
Hardeman v. Sims 3 Ala. 747 1842 0 Alabama
Palmer v. Taylor 1 Rob. 412 1842 0 Louisiana
Norris v. Bradford 4 Ala. 203 1842 0 Alabama
Petit v. Grandmont 2 Rob. 283 1842 0 Louisiana
Cummins v. Webb 4 Ark. 229 1842 0 Arkansas
Lawson v. Main 4 Ark. 184 1842 0 Arkansas
Ex parte Cummins 4 Ark. 103 1842 0 Arkansas
Jourdain ex rel. Baker v. Boissière 2 Rob. 289 1842 0 Louisiana
Henry v. Bradford 40 Va. 54 1842 0 SC of Appeals VA
Stewart v. Pickard 1 Rob. 415 1842 0 Louisiana
Prigg v. Pennsylvania 41 U.S. 539 1842 0 United States
Foster v. Alston 7 Miss. 406 1842 0 Mississippi
Bertie v. Walker 1 Rob. 431 1842 0 Louisiana
Williams v. Haney 3 Ala. 371 1842 0 Alabama
Stewart v. Fowler 3 Ala. 629 1842 0 Alabama
Jemison v. Cozens 3 Ala. 636 1842 0 Alabama
Canaday v. Nuttall 37 N.C. 265 1842 0 North Carolina
Pitts v. Curtis 4 Ala. 350 1842 0 Alabama