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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Knight v. Oliver 53 Va. 33 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
Bell v. Calhoun 49 Va. 22 1851 0 SC of Appeals VA
Tauzin v. Deblieux 18 La. Ann. 585 1866 0 Louisiana
Meadows v. Dick 13 La. Ann. 377 1858 0 Louisiana
Lynch & Wieman v. McRee 18 La. Ann. 640 1866 0 Louisiana
Smith v. Wiseman 41 N.C. 540 1850 0 North Carolina
Succession of Kerley 18 La. Ann. 583 1866 0 Louisiana
Wiley v. State 1 Swan 256 1851 0 Tennessee
Ball v. Bender 22 La. Ann. 493 1870 0 Louisiana
Conrad v. Callery 22 La. Ann. 428 1870 0 Louisiana
Stone v. Rafter 1 H. & J. 364 1802 0 Maryland
State v. Fisher 1 H. & J. 750 1805 0 Maryland
Hansford v. Elliott 36 Va. 39 1837 0 SC of Appeals VA
Downey v. Bullock 42 N.C. 102 1850 0 North Carolina
Anderson v. Commonwealth 31 Va. 693 1834 0 General Ct. of VA
In re the Tutorship of the Minor Davis 22 La. Ann. 497 1870 0 Louisiana
Imboden v. Hunter 23 Ark. 622 1861 0 Arkansas
Commonwealth v. Watts 31 Va. 672 1833 0 General Ct. of VA
Town of East-Hartford v. Pitkin 8 Conn. 393 1831 0 Connecticut
Horn v. Gartman 1 Fla. 63 1846 0 Supreme Court of FL