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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Voss v. Howard 1 D.C. 251 1805 0 United States
Brooks v. Hildreth 22 Ala. 469 1853 0 Alabama
Cecil v. Cecil 19 Md. 72 1862 0 Maryland
State v. Tindal 2 Del. Cas. 169 1802 0 Delaware
Hines v. Gordon 2 Hay. & Haz. 222 1856 0 District of Columbia
Cawthorne v. Knight 11 Ala. 268 1847 0 Alabama
Haden v. Ivey 51 Ala. 381 1874 0 Alabama
Smith v. Pearson 24 Ala. 355 1854 0 Alabama
Haygood v. Harris 10 Ala. 291 1846 0 Alabama
Patton v. Rambo 20 Ala. 485 1852 0 Alabama
Easley v. Walker 10 Ala. 671 1846 0 Alabama
Barney v. Bush 9 Ala. 345 1846 0 Alabama
Morgan v. Elam 12 Tenn. 375 1833 0 Tennessee
Nailing v. Nailing 34 Tenn. 630 1855 0 Tennessee
Commissioners of Homochitto River v. Withers 29 Miss. 21 1855 0 Mississippi
United States v. Frye 4 D.C. 539 1835 0 United States
Shelton v. Johnson 36 Tenn. 672 1857 0 Tennessee
Tomlinson v. Darnall 39 Tenn. 538 1859 0 Tennessee
Kneeland v. Ensley 19 Tenn. 620 1838 0 Tennessee
Mills v. Stewart 24 Tenn. 308 1844 0 Tennessee