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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Semmes v. Sherburne 2 D.C. 637 1825 0 United States
Runaways 4 D.C. 489 1834 0 United States
Graham v. Tankersley 15 Ala. 634 1849 0 Alabama
Ex parte Giberson 4 D.C. 503 1835 0 United States
Campbell v. Staiert 6 N.C. 389 1818 0 North Carolina
Smallwood v. Worthington 2 D.C. 431 1823 0 United States
Outlaw v. Hurdle 46 N.C. 150 1853 0 North Carolina
Plato v. Bainbridge 4 H. & McH. 416 1799 0 Maryland
Keziah v. Slye 4 D.C. 463 1834 0 United States
Jordan v. Sawyer 2 D.C. 373 1823 0 United States
Graham v. Thayer 29 La. Ann. 75 1877 1 Louisiana
Woodall v. Louisiana Ry. & Nav. Co. 149 La. 903 1921 1 Louisiana
Skinner v. Wynne 55 N.C. 41 1854 0 North Carolina
Jones v. Perkins 54 N.C. 337 1854 0 North Carolina
United States v. Johnson 4 D.C. 303 1833 0 United States
Grant v. Bontz 2 D.C. 184 1819 0 United States
Patty v. Edelin 1 D.C. 60 1802 0 United States
James v. Carr 2 Del. Cas. 223 1805 0 Delaware
Negro v. Richards 1 Del. Cas. 31 1794 0 Delaware
Ross v. Davis 17 Ark. 113 1856 0 Arkansas