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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Jones v. Jones 11 Va. 3 1806 0 SC of Chancery VA
State v. Clarissa 27 N.C. 221 1844 0 North Carolina
Burnett v. Hawpe's Ex'or 66 Va. 481 1874 0 SC of Appeals VA
Janes v. Buzzard 13 F. Cas. 344 1834 0 Arkansas
Long v. State 12 Ga. 293 1852 0 Georgia
Cunningham v. Wood 23 Tenn. 417 1843 0 Tennessee
Lark v. Linstead 2 Md. 420 1852 0 Maryland
Alexander v. Worthington 5 Md. 471 1853 0 Maryland
Cochreham v. Kirkpatrick 48 Tenn. 327 1870 0 Tennessee
Beaufort v. Collier 25 Tenn. 487 1846 0 Tennessee
Woodson v. Smith 38 Tenn. 276 1858 0 Tennessee
Major v. State 36 Tenn. 597 1857 0 Tennessee
Wallace v. Canaday 36 Tenn. 364 1857 0 Tennessee
Bozeman v. Rose's Executors 51 Ala. 321 1874 0 Alabama
Pritchard v. Wallace 36 Tenn. 405 1857 0 Tennessee
McLeod v. Oates 30 N.C. 387 1848 0 North Carolina
Cocke v. Rucks 34 Miss. 105 1857 0 Mississippi
Case v. McGee 8 Md. 9 1855 0 Maryland
Jerry v. Townshend 9 Md. 145 1856 0 Maryland
Bourcier v. Lanusse 3 Mart. (o.s.) 581 (1815) 1812 0 Louisiana