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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. Mayor of Mobile 23 Ala. 722 1853 0 Illegal Trade of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Anderson v. Poindexter 6 Ohio St. 622 1856 0 Ohio
Charles v. State 4 Port. 107 1836 0 Alabama
Giltner v. Gorham 10 F. Cas. 424 1848 0 United States
Collier v. Collier 30 Ind. 32 1868 0 Indiana
Mitchell v. Clagett 9 Md. 42 1856 0 Maryland
Farrell v. Bean 10 Md. 217 1856 0 Maryland
Trieber v. Blocher 10 Md. 14 1856 0 Maryland
Edelen v. Edelen 11 Md. 415 1857 0 Maryland
Rutherford v. Newson 30 Ga. 728 1860 0 Possessory Note Supreme Court of Georgia
O'Byrne v. Clagett 9 Md. 512 1856 0 Maryland
State v. Curzy 19 Ind. 430 1862 0 Indiana
Riley v. Watson 18 Ind. 291 1862 0 Indiana
Graves v. State 1 Ind. 368 1849 0 Indiana
Flack v. Cunningham 1 Blackf. 107 1820 0 Indiana
Hitt v. Rush 22 Ala. 563 1853 0 Dispute over will Alabama
Boring v. Williams 17 Ala. 510 1850 0 Alabama
State v. Lasselle 1 Blackf. 60 1820 0 Indiana
Beacroft v. Strawn 67 Ill. 28 1873 0 Illinois
Roundtree v. Baker 52 Ill. 241 1869 0 Illinois