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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. State 23 Md. 503 1865 0 Maryland
Nance v. Howard 1 Ill. 242 1828 0 Illinois
Phœbe v. Jay 1 Ill. 268 1828 0 Illinois
Hiss v. State 24 Md. 556 1866 0 Maryland
Bruce v. Leveringe 23 Md. 288 1865 0 Maryland
Pace v. Bonner 27 Ala. 307 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
State v. Clarissa 11 Ala. 57 1847 0 Indictment for Attempt to Poison Alabama
State v. Stephen 15 Ala. 534 1849 0 Indictment for murder Alabama
State v. Cæsar 31 N.C. 391 1849 0 Indictment for murder North Carolina
Barker v. Barker’s adm’r 2 Gratt. 344 1845 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Fanny v. Montgomery 1 Ill. 247 1828 0 Illinois
Miller v. Duvall 26 Md. 47 1866 0 Maryland
Barret v. Gaston 1 Ill. 255 1828 0 Illinois
Hale v. Stone 14 Ala. 803 1848 0 Levy Alabama
Mears v. Morrison 1 Ill. 223 1827 0 Illinois
Gunn v. Janes 40 Ga. 175 1869 0 Slave contact dispute Georgia
Gimon v. Terrell 38 Ala. 208 1861 0 Trover Alabama
Seevers v. Hamilton 6 Iowa 199 1858 0 Iowa
Daggs v. Frazer 6 F. Cas. 1112 1849 0 United States
Gough v. Manning 26 Md. 347 1867 0 Maryland