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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Charles v. State 4 Port. 107 1836 0 Alabama
Berry v. Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church 7 Md. 564 1855 0 Maryland
Giltner v. Gorham 10 F. Cas. 424 1848 0 United States
Forbes v. Forbes 5 Gill 29 1847 0 Maryland
Collier v. Collier 30 Ind. 32 1868 0 Indiana
In re Ralph 1 Morris 1 1839 0 Iowa
Mitchell v. Clagett 9 Md. 42 1856 0 Maryland
King v. State 40 Ga. 244 1869 0 Marriage to a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
People v. Washington 36 Cal. 658 1869 0 California
Micou v. National Bank 104 U.S. 530 1881 0 United States
Trieber v. Blocher 10 Md. 14 1856 0 Maryland
Eberlin v. Mayor of Mobile 30 Ala. 548 1857 0 Indictment for Doing Business with Enslaved Persons Alabama
Edelen v. Edelen 11 Md. 415 1857 0 Maryland
Atwell v. Miller 11 Md. 348 1857 0 Maryland
Rutherford v. Newson 30 Ga. 728 1860 0 Possessory Note Supreme Court of Georgia
Waters v. Howard 8 Gill 262 1849 0 Maryland
O'Byrne v. Clagett 9 Md. 512 1856 0 Maryland
Henry v. Bradford 40 Va. 54 1842 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
State v. Curzy 19 Ind. 430 1862 0 Indiana
Vertner v. Humphreys 22 Miss. 130 1850 0 Fraudulent conveyance Mississippi