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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Lovett v. Lovett 11 Ala. 763 1847 0 Alabama
Hoover v. Brem 43 Miss. 603 1871 0 Mississippi
Mitchell v. Wilson 3 D.C. 92 1827 0 United States
Sellars v. Kelly 45 Miss. 323 1871 0 Mississippi
Haslett's Adm'r. v. Glenn 7 H. & J. 17 1825 0 Maryland
Chauvenet v. Commissioners 3 Md. 259 1852 0 Maryland
United States v. Gray 3 D.C. 681 1829 0 United States
Farrow v. Bragg's Adm'r 30 Ala. 261 1857 0 Alabama
Meeker v. Childress 1 Minor 109 1823 0 Alabama
State v. Dent 25 W. Va. 1 1884 0 Maryland
Bernard v. Herbert 3 D.C. 346 1828 0 United States
United States v. Henning 4 D.C. 645 1835 0 United States
Mandeville v. Cookendorfer 3 D.C. 397 1828 0 United States
Gray v. Reardon 2 D.C. 219 1820 0 United States
United States v. Bowen 2 D.C. 133 1817 0 United States
United States v. Williams 3 D.C. 65 1826 0 United States
Betty v. Deneale 3 F. Cas. 319 1818 0 United States
Nance v. Coxe 16 Ala. 125 1849 0 Alabama
Town of Exeter v. Town of Warwick 1 R.I. 63 1834 0 Rhode Island
Town of Colchester v. Town of Lyme 13 Conn. 274 1839 0 Connecticut