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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Wooten v. Becton 43 N.C. 66 1851 0 North Carolina
Williams v. Harrell 43 N.C. 123 1851 0 North Carolina
Bob v. State 26 Tenn. 129 1846 0 Tennessee
Wood v. Vandenburgh 6 Paige Ch. 277 1837 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Chesson v. Chesson 43 N.C. 141 1851 0 North Carolina
Polk v. Robinson 42 N.C. 235 1851 0 North Carolina
Burts v. Evans 48 Tenn. 420 1870 0 Tennessee
Montgomery v. Morris 32 Ga. 173 1861 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Gant v. Hunsucker 34 N.C. 254 1851 0 North Carolina
Simpson v. King 33 N.C. 377 1850 0 North Carolina
Savage v. Forward 7 Ala. 463 1845 0 Alabama
Stewart v. Miller 19 Tenn. 574 1838 0 Tennessee
Ross v. Wharton 18 Tenn. 190 1836 0 Tennessee
Buckner v. Street 4 F. Cas. 578 1871 0 E.D. Ark.
Smith v. Smith 6 Md. 496 1854 0 Maryland
Cornett v. Fain 33 Ga. 219 1862 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Succession of Langley 5 La. 199 1850 0 Louisiana
Lamb v. Girtman 33 Ga. 289 1862 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Wier v. Buford 8 Ala. 134 1845 0 Alabama
Pope's heirs v. Boyd's adx. 22 Ark. 535 1861 0 Arkansas