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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
McCartney v. Calhoun 11 Ala. 110 1847 0 Alabama
Jordan v. State 15 Ala. 746 1849 0 Alabama
Cole v. Conolly 16 Ala. 271 1849 0 Alabama
Charge to Grand Jury—Fugitive Slave Law 30 F. Cas. 1015 1851 0 United States
Atwood’s Heirs v. Beck 21 Ala. 590 1852 0 Alabama
Cole v. Varner 31 Ala. 244 1857 0 Alabama
Crouch v. Davis’ Ex’or 64 Va. 62 1873 0 SC of Appeals VA
Murphy’s Adm’r v. Carter 64 Va. 477 1873 0 SC of Appeals VA
Hudson v. Hudson's Administrator 20 Va. 352 1819 0 SC of Appeals VA
Parsons v. M'Cracken 36 Va. 177 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
May v. Jameson 11 Ark. 368 1850 0 Arkansas
Anderson v. Commonwealth 32 Va. 740 1835 0 General Ct. of VA
Doty v. Mitchell 17 Miss. 435 1848 0 Mississippi
Petrie’s Executors v. Wright 14 Miss. 647 1846 0 Mississippi
Battle vs. Petway 27 N.C. 576 1845 0 North Carolina
Dunlop v. Harrison’s Ex’ors 55 Va. 251 1858 0 SC of Appeals VA
Dardenne v. Hardwick 9 Ark. 482 1849 0 Arkansas
Graham v. Lockhart 8 Ala. 9 1845 0 Alabama
Wilkinson v. Cook 44 Miss. 367 1870 0 Mississippi
Sledge’s Adm’rs v. Clopton 6 Ala. 589 1844 0 Alabama