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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Washington v. Cole 6 Ala. 212 1844 0 Alabama
Lusk v. McNamer 24 Miss. 58 1852 0 Mississippi
Hudgins v. White 37 N.C. 575 1843 0 North Carolina
Sawyer v. Boyle 21 Tex. 28 1858 0 Texas
Miller v. Lacy 33 Tex. 351 1870 0 Texas
Pelletreau v. Rathbone 18 Johns. 428 1821 0 Civil SC of New York
Sanders v. Godley 23 Ala. 473 1853 0 Alabama
Cannon v. Peebles 26 N.C. 204 1843 0 North Carolina
Ex parte Letty 1 D.C. 328 1806 0 United States
Hamilton v. Fowlkes 16 Ark. 340 1855 0 Arkansas
Sankey's Ex'rs v. Elsberry 10 Ala. 455 1846 0 Alabama
Dean v. Rathbone's Adm'r 15 Ala. 328 1849 0 Alabama
Hemphill v. Townsend 7 Ala. 853 1845 0 Alabama
Walker v. Hampton 8 Ala. 412 1845 0 Alabama
Irwin v. Jordan 26 Tenn. 167 1846 0 Tennessee
Alexander v. Alexander 41 N.C. 229 1849 0 North Carolina
Calmes v. Ford 14 Miss. 190 1846 0 Mississippi
Beacroft v. Strawn 67 Ill. 28 1873 0 Civil Illinois
Jones v. Oliver 38 N.C. 369 1844 0 North Carolina
Newsom v. Roles 23 N.C. 179 1840 0 North Carolina