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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Weir's Will 39 Ky. 434 1840 0 Kentucky
Osborn v. Nicholson 18 F. Cas. 846 1870 0 United States
Moore v. Mitchell 17 F. Cas. 692 1874 United States
Smart v. Baugh 26 Ky. 363 1830 0 Kentucky
Elvira, a Slave 57 Va. 561 1865 0 SC of Appeals VA
Manuel v. Kretschmer 232 Cal. App. 2d 789 1965 1 California
Newby's Administrators v. Blakey 13 Va. 57 1808 0 SC of Appeals VA
Wareham v. Wareham 195 Cal. App. 2d 64 1961 1 California
Mitchell v. Wilson 3 D.C. 242 1827 0 United States
Hitchcock v. Lukens 8 Port. 333 1838 0 Alabama
McNeill's Adm'r v. McNeill 35 Ala. 30 1859 0 Alabama
Howell v. Hair 15 Ala. 194 1849 0 Alabama
Sartor v. Sartor 39 Miss. 760 1861 0 Mississippi
Abbot v. Abbot 1 Va. Col. Dec. 132 1729 0 General Ct. of VA
Coleman v. Dickenson 2 Va. Col. Dec. 111 1740 0 General Ct. of VA
Garner v. Executors of Garner 1 S.C. Eq. 437 1795 0 South Carolina
Ross v. Norvell 1 Va. 14 1791 0 SC of Appeals VA
Traun v. Keiffer 31 Ala. 136 1857 0 Alabama
Garretson v. Lingan 2 D.C. 236 1821 0 United States
O'Neal v. Oates 8 La. Ann. 78 1853 0 Louisiana