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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Somervell v. Hunt 3 Md. 113 1792 0 Maryland
De Kerlegand v. Hector 3 Md. 185 1794 0 Maryland
Consolidated Ass'n of the Planters v. Blanc 25 La. Ann. 226 1873 0 Louisiana
Link v. Beuner 3 Cai. 325 1805 0 Civil SC of New York
Lessee of Sword v. Adams 3 Yeates 34 1800 0 Civil SC of PA.
Passmore Williamson's Case 26 Pa. 9 1855 0 Civil SC of PA.
Clagett v. Speake 4 H. & McH. 162 1798 0 Maryland
Van Metre v. Mitchell 28 F. Cas. 1036 1853 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Leach v. Slater 1 Md. 513 1773 0 Maryland
Johnson v. Tompkins 13 F. Cas. 840 1833 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Carr's Adm'rs v. Glasscock's Adm'r 44 Va. 343 1846 0 SC of Appeals VA
Whitfield v. Browder 13 Ark. 143 1852 0 Arkansas
Russell v. Commonwealth 1 Pen. & W. 82 1829 0 Civil SC of PA.
Marionneaux v. Police Jury 23 La. Ann. 251 1871 0 Louisiana
Simmons v. Cutreer 20 Miss. 584 1849 0 Mississippi
Ex parte Simmons 22 F. Cas. 151 1823 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
McLean v. Elliot 26 La. Ann. 385 1874 0 Louisiana
Smyley v. Reese 53 Ala. 89 1875 0 Alabama
Charge to Grand Jury 30 F. Cas. 983 1854 0 United States
Brown v. Johnson 20 La. 486 1868 0 Louisiana