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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Waters v. Barton 41 Tenn. 450 1860 0 Tennessee
Roberts v. Westbrook 41 Tenn. 115 1860 0 Tennessee
Dale v. Mosely 4 Stew. & P. 371 1833 0 Alabama
Austin’s Ex’or v. Jones 21 Va. 341 1821 0 SC of Appeals VA
In re Caldwell 4 F. Cas. 1035 1874 0 Dist. Ct., E.D. VA
Carswell v. Ware 30 Ga. 267 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Macon & Western Rail Road v. Holt 8 Ga. 157 1850 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Thomas v. Palmer 54 N.C. 249 1854 0 North Carolina
Adams v. Mayor of Somerville 39 Tenn. 363 1859 0 Tennessee
Edwards v. Woolfolk's Administrator 56 Ky. 376 1856 0 Kentucky
Roberts v. Fleming 31 Ala. 683 1858 0 Alabama
United States v. Pompey 2 D.C. 246 1821 0 United States
Hackney v. Williams ex rel. Johnston 14 Tenn. 340 1834 0 Tennessee
Hamilton v. Franklin 4 D.C. 729 1836 0 United States
Lyons v. Andrews 12 La. Ann. 685 1856 0 Louisiana
Mallet v. Smith 27 S.C. Eq. 12 1853 0 South Carolina
Randolph v. Wendel 36 Tenn. 646 1857 0 Tennessee
Corcoran v. Jones 6 F. Cas. 544 1839 0 United States
Lewis ex rel. Smith v. Fagan 13 N.C. 298 1830 0 North Carolina
Peeples v. Horton 39 Miss. 406 1860 0 Mississippi