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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Watts v. Johnson 4 Tex. 156 1849 0 Texas
Brown v. Bibb 42 Tenn. 434 1865 0 Tennessee
Robinson v. Varnell 16 Tex. 382 1856 0 Texas
Hoover v. Wells 39 Miss. 445 1860 0 Mississippi
Avery v. Avery 12 Tex. 54 1854 0 Texas
Stewart v. Sowles 3 La. Ann. 464 1848 0 Louisiana
Mitchell v. Puckett 23 Tex. 573 1859 0 Texas
Anderson v. Anderson 23 Tex. 639 1859 0 Texas
Garnett v. Cowles 39 Miss. 60 1860 0 Mississippi
United States v. Libby 26 F. Cas. 928 1846 0 Criminal Circuit Court, D. Maine
Succession of Fletcher v. Decoudreau 11 La. Ann. 59 1856 0 Louisiana
Weathersby v. Weathersby 39 Miss. 652 1861 0 Mississippi
Thurmond v. Trammell 22 Tex. 257 1858 0 Texas
Baylor v. Scott 2 Port. 315 1835 0 Alabama
Williams v. Harrison 19 Ala. 277 1851 0 Alabama
Taylor v. Stedman 35 N.C. 97 1851 0 North Carolina
Sparkman v. Daughtry 35 N.C. 168 1851 0 North Carolina
Ravisies v. Alston 5 Ala. 297 1843 0 Alabama
Wilbourn v. Wilbourn 48 Miss. 38 1873 0 Mississippi
Dozier v. Freeman 47 Miss. 647 1873 0 Mississippi