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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Harper v. Archer 12 Miss. 99 1845 0 Mississippi
Moss v. Davidson 9 Miss. 112 1843 0 Mississippi
Lee v. Ramsay 1 D.C. 435 1807 0 United States
Ewell v. Tidwell 20 Ark. 136 1859 0 Arkansas
Commonwealth ex rel. Taylor v. Hasson 3 Pen. & W. 237 1831 0 Civil SC of PA.
Fisher v. Henderson 9 F. Cas. 132 1873 0 United States
Garrard v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 657 1872 0 Mississippi
Wright's Heirs v. Ware 50 Ala. 549 1874 0 Alabama
Trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church v. Jaques 1 Johns. Ch. 450 1815 0 Chancery Court of New York
Jones v. Fort 36 Ala. 449 1860 0 Alabama
United States v. Smidth 27 F. Cas. 1131 1855 0 Criminal Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 15 Johns. 283 1818 0 Civil SC of New York
Seguine v. Seguine 4 Abb. Ct. App. 191 1867 0 Civil Court of Appeals of New York
United States v. The Augusta 24 F. Cas. 892 1861 0 Civil District Court, S.D. New York
Fossett v. Turnage 28 Tenn. 686 1849 0 Tennessee
Inhabitants of Milford v. Inhabitants of Bellingham 16 Mass. 108 1819 0 Massachusetts
Simon v. Paine's Administrator 4 D.C. 99 1830 0 United States
United States v. Farrell 5 D.C. 311 1837 0 United States
State v. Judge of the Parish Court 15 La. 531 1840 0 Louisiana
Webb v. Patterson 26 Tenn. 431 1846 0 Tennessee