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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
Tims v. Potter 1 N.C. 22 1789 0 North Carolina
Smallwood v. Worthington 2 D.C. 431 1823 0 United States
Plato v. Bainbridge 4 H. & McH. 416 1799 0 Maryland
Keziah v. Slye 4 D.C. 463 1834 0 United States
Luna v. Edmiston 37 Tenn. 159 1857 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Perkins 54 N.C. 337 1854 0 North Carolina
Grant v. Bontz 2 D.C. 184 1819 0 United States
Patty v. Edelin 1 D.C. 60 1802 0 United States
Williams v. McCormack 26 Tenn. 308 1846 0 Tennessee
Pye v. Wood 3 H. & J. 504 1814 0 Maryland
Atkinson v. Patton 1 D.C. 46 1802 0 United States
Queen v. Neale 2 D.C. 3 1810 0 United States
Doe ex dem. Foute v. McDonald 27 Miss. 610 1854 0 Mississippi
Dozier v. Lewis 27 Miss. 679 1854 0 Mississippi
Scott ex rel. Parker v. Loomis 21 Miss. 635 1850 0 Mississippi
McLeod v. Tutt 2 Miss. 288 1836 0 Mississippi
Moore v. Spence 6 Ala. 506 1844 0 Alabama
Cocke v. Minor 66 Va. 246 1874 0 SC of Appeals VA