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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Freeman v. Stacy 2 La. Ann. 615 1847 0 Louisiana
Jones v. Swift 12 Ala. 144 1847 0 Alabama
Thompson v. Ford 29 N.C. 420 1847 0 North Carolina
Fontenot v. Her Husband 2 La. Ann. 780 1847 0 Louisiana
Behrnes v. Coxe 2 La. Ann. 472 1847 0 Louisiana
Williams v. Otey 8 Hum. 563 1847 0 Tennessee
Morris v. Covington 2 La. Ann. 259 1847 0 Louisiana
English v. Tomlinson 27 Tenn. 378 1847 0 Tennessee
Folk v. Whitley 30 N.C. 133 1847 0 North Carolina
Cawthorne v. Knight 11 Ala. 268 1847 0 Alabama
Nelson v. State 26 Tenn. 542 1847 0 Tennessee
McLane v. Spence 11 Ala. 172 1847 0 Alabama
Isbell's adm'r v. Norvell's ex'or 45 Va. 176 1847 0 SC of Appeals VA
Jordan v. Mead 12 Ala. 247 1847 0 Alabama
Taylor v. State 26 Tenn. 510 1847 0 Tennessee
Taylor v. Beale 45 Va. 93 1847 0 SC of Appeals VA
Branch Bank at Montgomery v. Hodges 12 Ala. 118 1847 0 Alabama
Vason v. Merchants' Bank 2 Ga. 140 1847 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
McCartney v. Calhoun 11 Ala. 110 1847 0 Alabama
Leroy M. Wiley, Parish & Co. v. Smith 3 Ga. 551 1847 0 Supreme Court of Georgia