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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Couch v. Anderson 26 Ala. 676 1855 0 Alabama
Diaz v. Compania Comercial Mexicana 168 La. 27 1929 1 Louisiana
Nels v. State 2 Tex. 281 1847 0 Texas
Burnett v. Handley 8 Ala. 685 1845 0 Alabama
Gilbert v. Hardwick 11 Ga. 599 1852 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Vance v. Crawford 4 Ga. 445 1848 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Pons v. Hart 5 Fla. 457 1854 0 Supreme Court of FL
Wilson v. Lott 5 Fla. 305 1853 0 Supreme Court of FL
Hunter v. Jones 27 Va. 541 1828 0 SC of Appeals VA
Steele v. Richardson 24 Ark. 365 1866 0 Arkansas
Garlington v. Priest 13 Fla. 559 1869 0 Supreme Court of FL
Gray v. Bridgeforth 33 Miss. 312 1857 0 Mississippi
Spencer v. McDonald 22 Ark. 466 1861 0 Arkansas
Jones v. Smith 33 Miss. 215 1857 0 Mississippi
Harris v. McLaran 30 Miss. 533 1855 0 Mississippi
State v. Marley 30 N.C. 48 1847 0 North Carolina
Lawson v. Shotwell 27 Miss. 630 1854 0 Mississippi
Brookfield v. Neely 16 La. App. 246 1931 1 Louisiana
Blackwell v. Wilkinson 1 Jefferson 73 1768 0 General Ct. of VA
Ragan v. Gray 27 Miss. 645 1854 0 Mississippi