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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Kennedy v. Purnell 5 D.C. 552 1839 0 United States
Smith v. Billing 3 D.C. 355 1828 0 United States
Hewlett v. Schenck 82 N.C. 234 1880 1 North Carolina
Whelan v. Corporation of Washington 3 D.C. 292 1828 0 United States
Boner v. Boner 6 W. Va. 377 1873 0 West Virginia
Grant v. McDonogh 7 La. Ann. 447 1852 0 Louisiana
Hickerson v. United States 30 F. Cas. 1087 1856 0 United States
Gunnel v. Dade 1 D.C. 427 1807 0 United States
Boone's Executor v. Clarke 3 D.C. 389 1828 0 United States
Ross's Executors v. Holtzman 3 D.C. 391 1828 0 United States
Thornberry v. Baxter 24 Ark. 76 1862 0 Arkansas
Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Persons 18 Ga. App. 84 1916 Supreme Court Georgia
Ingram v. Smith 41 N.C. 97 1849 0 North Carolina
Williams v. Buster 5 W. Va. 342 1872 0 West Virginia
State v. Jones 82 N.C. 691 1880 1 North Carolina
Powell v. Wragg 13 Ala. 161 1848 0 Alabama
State v. Peter 53 N.C. 19 1860 0 North Carolina
Graves v. Graves 58 N.C. 280 1859 0 North Carolina
Smith v. Turrentine 55 N.C. 253 1855 0 North Carolina
Davidson v. Potts 42 N.C. 272 1851 0 North Carolina