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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Simmons v. Cutreer 20 Miss. 584 1849 0 Mississippi
Sanderson v. Jones 6 Fla. 430 1855 0 Supreme Court of FL
Whitfield v. Browder 13 Ark. 143 1852 0 Arkansas
Pond v. Griffin 1 Ala. 678 1840 0 Alabama
Ex parte Simmons 22 F. Cas. 151 1823 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Gillian v. Senter 9 Ala. 395 1846 0 Alabama
McLean v. Elliot 26 La. Ann. 385 1874 0 Louisiana
Abernathy v. Abernathy 8 Fla. 243 1858 0 Supreme Court of FL
Ross v. Woodville 18 Va. 324 1815 0 SC of Appeals VA
State v. Ware 10 Ala. 814 1846 0 Alabama
Whitsett, Garner & Co. v. Slater 23 Ala. 626 1853 0 Alabama
Clark v. Hardiman 29 Va. 347 1830 0 SC of Appeals VA
Booker's Ex'rs v. Jemison 4 Ala. 408 1842 0 Alabama
United States v. Graves 26 F. Cas. 14 1828 0 US Cir. Ct. for VA
Knight v. Yarborough 25 Va. 566 1826 0 SC of Appeals VA
Stegall v. Stegall 22 F. Cas. 1226 1825 0 US Cir. Ct. of VA
Moore v. Allen 25 Miss. 363 1853 0 Mississippi
Inhabitants of Gardiner v. Inhabitants of Farmingdale 45 Me. 537 1858 0 SC of Maine
Smyley v. Reese 53 Ala. 89 1875 0 Alabama
Charge to Grand Jury 30 F. Cas. 983 1854 0 United States