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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hill v. Corporation of Washington 5 D.C. 114 1837 0 United States
Draughon v. French's adm'or 4 Port. 352 1837 0 Alabama
Dixon v. Allender 18 Wend. 356 1837 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
State v. Haney 19 N.C. 390 1837 0 North Carolina
State v. Hardin 19 N.C. 407 1837 0 North Carolina
Polk v. Faris 17 Tenn. 209 1836 0 Tennessee
Berry v. Hale 2 Miss. 315 1836 0 Mississippi
Freeman v. Hill 21 N.C. 389 1836 0 North Carolina
State v. Ritchie 19 N.C. 29 1836 0 North Carolina
Simms v. Garrot 21 N.C. 393 1836 0 North Carolina
Knight v. Leak 19 N.C. 133 1836 0 North Carolina
Black v. Ray 21 N.C. 443 1836 0 North Carolina
Alston v. Hamlin 19 N.C. 115 1836 0 North Carolina
Gibbons v. Dunn 18 N.C. 446 1836 0 North Carolina
Blue v. Patterson 21 N.C. 457 1836 0 North Carolina
Anderson v. Baily 8 G. & J. 32 1836 0 Maryland
Gasper v. Donaldson 1 Whart. 227 1836 0 SC of PA.
Bowie v. Hunter 4 D.C. 699 1836 0 United States
United States v. Jeffers 4 D.C. 704 1836 0 United States
Wadsworth v. Armfield 21 N.C. 323 1836 0 North Carolina