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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Bacon v. Leeds 6 La. Ann. 804 1851 0 Louisiana
State v. Geze 8 La. Ann. 52 1853 0 Louisiana
Harris v. Guenther 8 La. Ann. 433 1853 0 Louisiana
Beebe v. Robbins 8 La. Ann. 470 1852 0 Louisiana
Johnson v. Weld 8 La. Ann. 126 1853 0 Louisiana
Barry v. Kimball 12 La. Ann. 372 1857 0 Louisiana
Daret v. Gray 12 La. Ann. 394 1857 0 Louisiana
Reed v. Crocker 12 La. Ann. 436 1857 0 Louisiana
Lambert v. King 12 La. Ann. 662 1856 0 Louisiana
State v. Kitty 12 La. Ann. 805 1857 0 Louisiana
Decuir v. Lejeune 15 La. Ann. 569 1860 0 Louisiana
Virgin v. Dawson 15 La. Ann. 532 1860 0 Louisiana
Ranlett v. Constance 15 La. Ann. 423 1860 0 Louisiana
Denson v. Stewart 15 La. Ann. 456 1860 0 Louisiana
Morris v. Kendig 15 La. Ann. 404 1860 0 Louisiana
Barbin v. Gaspard 15 La. Ann. 539 1860 0 Louisiana
Ruff v. Starke's Adm'x 44 Va. 134 1846 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lesassier v. Dashiell 17 La. 194 1841 0 Louisiana
Dockery v. French 73 N.C. 420 1875 0 North Carolina
Wood v. Cherry 73 N.C. 110 1875 0 North Carolina