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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Watkins v. Quarles 23 Ark. 179 1861 0 Arkansas
Whitesides v. Williams 22 N.C. 153 1838 0 North Carolina
Allison v. Allison 56 N.C. 236 1857 0 North Carolina
State v. Cherry 33 N.C. 475 1850 0 North Carolina
Daggs v. Frazer 6 F. Cas. 1112 1849 0 United States
Torrey v. Grant 18 Miss. 89 1848 0 Mississippi
William v. Van Zandt 3 D.C. 55 1826 0 United States
Sasser v. Jones 38 N.C. 19 1843 0 North Carolina
Gober v. Gober 3 N.C. 170 1802 0 North Carolina
Simon v. State 5 Fla. 285 1853 0 Supreme Court of FL
Jones v. United States 5 D.C. 647 1840 0 United States
United States v. Jackson 4 D.C. 483 1834 0 United States
Wright v. Ross 2 Greene 266 1849 0 Iowa
Micou v. National Bank 104 U.S. 530 1881 0 United States
United States v. Tom 2 D.C. 114 1815 0 United States
Crawford v. Slye 4 D.C. 457 1834 0 United States
Gardner v. Gantt 19 Ala. 666 1851 0 Alabama
Purdom v. Tipton 9 Ala. 914 1846 0 Alabama
United States v. Richard 2 D.C. 439 1823 0 United States
Neal v. Farmer 9 Ga. 555 1851 0 Supreme Court of Georgia