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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Montgomery v. Givhan 24 Ala. 568 1854 0 Alabama
McCall v. White 10 La. Ann. 577 1855 0 Louisiana
The Larch 14 F. Cas. 1142 1855 0 Civil District Court, D. Maine
Opinion of Judges Appleton and Kent 46 Me. 579 1861 0 Civil SC of Maine
Tazewell v. McCandlish 37 Va. 116 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Hook v. Nanny 14 Va. 157 1809 0 SC of Appeals VA
Ballard v. Leavell 15 Va. 290 1806 0 SC of Appeals VA
Smith v. Griffin Jeff. 132 1772 0 General Ct. of VA
Custis v. Fitzhugh Jeff. 72 1768 0 General Ct. of VA
Isbell v. Butler Jeff. 10 1735 0 General Ct. of VA
Hylliard v. Nickols 2 Root 176 1795 0 Criminal Connecticut
Cox v. Britt 22 Ark. 567 1861 0 Arkansas
Harrison & Robinson v. Johnston 27 Ala. 445 1855 0 Alabama
State v. Stimpson 45 Me. 608 1858 0 SC of Maine
The Etna 8 F. Cas. 803 1838 0 District Court, D. Maine
Inhabitants of Hallowell v. Inhabitants of Gardiner 1 Me. 93 1820 0 SC of Maine
Selectmen of Windsor v. Jacob 2 Tyl. 192 1802 0 SC of Vermont
Butler’s Adm’r v. Hughes 35 Ga. 200 1866 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Lyman v. City of Philadelphia 56 Pa. 488 1868 0 SC of PA.
Golding v. Golding's Adm'r 24 Ala. 122 1854 0 Alabama