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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Clark v. Bell 59 N.C. 272 1862 0 North Carolina
Russ v. The Steamboat War Eagle 14 Iowa 363 1862 1 Iowa
Laughinghouse v. Laughinghouse 38 Ala. 257 1862 1 Alabama
State v. Jim 53 N.C. 459 1862 0 North Carolina
Arthur v. Gayle 38 Ala. 259 1862 0 Alabama
Lockwood v. Canfield 20 Cal. 126 1862 1 California
Chambers v. Payne 59 N.C. 276 1862 0 North Carolina
Cage & Salter v. Phillips 38 Ala. 382 1862 1 Alabama
Davis v. Patton 19 Md. 120 1862 0 Maryland
Dixon v. Warters 53 N.C. 449 1862 0 North Carolina
Bevis v. Landis 59 N.C. 312 1862 0 North Carolina
Haden v. Tucker 38 Ala. 399 1862 0 Alabama
Ryan v. Fowler 24 N.Y. 410 1862 1 New York
Bowers v. Strudwick 59 N.C. 288 1862 0 North Carolina
Griggs v. Detroit & Milwaukee Railway Co. 10 Mich. 117 1862 1 Michigan
Camp v. Mills 59 N.C. 274 1862 0 North Carolina
Finlay v. Dickerson 29 Ill. 9 1862 1 Illinois
Pritchard v. Oldham 53 N.C. 439 1862 0 North Carolina
Vincent v. People 15 Abb. Pr. 234 1862 1 New York
Herndon v. Pratt 59 N.C. 327 1862 0 North Carolina