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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Pelletreau v. Rathbone 18 Johns. 428 1821 0 Civil SC of New York
Smithers v. Hooper 23 Md. 273 1865 0 Maryland
Barnum v. Barnum 42 Md. 251 1875 0 Maryland
Moss v. Sandefur 15 Ark. 381 1854 0 Arkansas
Rawlings v. State 2 Md. 201 1852 0 Maryland
Northern Central Co. v. Scholl 16 Md. 331 1860 0 Maryland
Lenoir v. Sylvester 17 S.C.L. 632 1830 0 North Carolina
Riddle v. Kreinbiehl 12 La. Ann. 297 1857 0 Louisiana
Cobb v. O'Neal 34 Tenn. 438 1854 0 Tennessee
Templeman v. Steptoe 15 Va. 339 1810 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lyons v. Andrews 12 La. Ann. 685 1856 0 Louisiana
Aza v. Eitlinger 1 Ant. N.P. Cas. 99 1808 0 Civil SC of New York
Chase v. Lockerman 11 G. & J. 185 1840 0 Maryland
Wesley v. State 37 Miss. 327 1859 0 Mississippi
Respublica v. Smith 4 Yeates 204 1805 0 Civil SC of PA.
Tryphenia v. Harrison 24 F. Cas. 252 1806 0 Civil Circuit Court, D. PA.
Wood v. Vandenburgh 6 Paige Ch. 277 1837 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Montgomery v. Morris 32 Ga. 173 1861 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Havens v. Van Den Burgh 1 Denio 27 1845 0 Civil SC of New York
Wilson v. Waples 3 Del. 270 1840 0 Delaware