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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Commonwealth v. Tracy 46 Mass. 536 1843 0 Criminal Massachusetts
Brown v. Weaver 28 Ga. 377 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Williams v. Jarrot 6 Ill. 120 1844 0 Civil Illinois
Henderson v. Touchstone 22 Ga. 1 1857 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Drane v. Beall 21 Ga. 21 1857 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Gresham v. Morrow 40 Ga. 487 1869 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Hone v. Ammons 14 Ill. 29 1852 0 Civil Illinois
Choice v. Marshall 1 Ga. 97 1846 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Main v. Alexander 9 Ark. 112 1848 0 Arkansas
McDaniel v. Strohecker 19 Ga. 432 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Nelson v. People 33 Ill. 390 1864 0 Criminal Illinois
Roebuck v. Thornton 19 Ga. 149 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
United States v. Williams 28 F. Cas. 631 1852 0 Criminal District Court, E.D. PA.
Phillips v. Chappell 16 Ga. 16 1854 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
People v. Wolven 2 Edm. Sel. Cas. 108 1848 0 Criminal City Court of New York
Respass v. Young 11 Ga. 114 1852 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Couch v. Anderson 26 Ala. 676 1855 0 Alabama
Nels v. State 2 Tex. 281 1847 0 Texas
Vance v. Crawford 4 Ga. 445 1848 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Allen v. Walt 56 Tenn. 242 1872 0 Tennessee