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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Billingsley v. Harrell 11 Ala. 775 1847 0 Alabama
Colbert v. Daniel 32 Ala. 314 1858 0 Alabama
Hoot v. Sorrell 11 Ala. 386 1847 0 Alabama
Myers v. Peek's Administrator 2 Ala. 648 1841 0 Alabama
McGehee v. Rump 37 Ala. 651 1861 0 Alabama
Lyon v. Knott 26 Miss. 548 1853 0 Mississippi
Byrd v. Clendenin 11 Ark. 572 1851 0 Arkansas
Bolling v. Carter 9 Ala. 921 1846 0 Alabama
Arnold v. Miller 26 Miss. 152 1853 0 Mississippi
Caperton v. Martin 5 Ala. 217 1843 0 Alabama
Vertner v. Humphreys 22 Miss. 130 1850 0 Mississippi
Beall v. Williamson 14 Ala. 55 1848 0 Alabama
Dabbs v. Dabbs 27 Ala. 646 1855 0 Alabama
Weathersly v. Weathersly 40 Miss. 462 1866 0 Mississippi
Harriet v. Swan 18 Ark. 495 1857 0 Arkansas
Powell v. Glenn 21 Ala. 458 1852 0 Alabama
Slaughter v. Slaughter 23 Ark. 356 1861 0 Arkansas
Perry v. Hewlett 5 Port. 318 1837 0 Alabama
McCoy v. McKowen 26 Miss. 487 1853 0 Mississippi
Lewis v. Starke 18 Miss. 120 1848 0 Mississippi