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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Adams v. Mayor of Somerville 39 Tenn. 363 1859 0 Tennessee
Hedrick v. Wagoner 53 N.C. 360 1861 0 North Carolina
Holderness v. Palmer 57 N.C. 107 1858 0 North Carolina
Beasley v. Jenkins 39 Tenn. 191 1858 0 Tennessee
Holt v. Hogan 58 N.C. 82 1859 0 North Carolina
Carroll v. Hancock 48 N.C. 471 1856 0 North Carolina
Forbes v. Forbes 5 Gill 29 1847 0 Maryland
Gaulden v. Stoddard 41 Ga. 329 1870 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Denson v. Thompson 19 Ark. 66 1857 0 Arkansas
Byrd's adm. v. Belding's heirs 18 Ark. 118 1856 0 Arkansas
Symmes v. Arnold 10 Ga. 506 1851 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Brown v. Bennett 55 Ga. 189 1875 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Baird v. Bland 19 Va. 492 1817 0 SC of Appeals VA
Bell v. Hanks 55 Ga. 274 1875 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Edwards v. Woolfolk's Administrator 56 Ky. 376 1856 0 Kentucky
Union Bank v. Stafford 53 U.S. 327 1851 0 United States
Doe on demise of Howard v. Howard 51 N.C. 235 1858 0 North Carolina
United States v. Pompey 2 D.C. 246 1821 0 United States
M'Vaughters v. Elder 4 S.C.L. 307 1809 0 South Carolina
Hackney v. Williams ex rel. Johnston 14 Tenn. 340 1834 0 Tennessee