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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Kearney v. Harrell 58 N.C. 199 1859 0 North Carolina
Little v. McLendon 58 N.C. 216 1859 0 North Carolina
Tatum v. Hunter 14 Ala. 557 1848 0 Alabama
Brown v. Rowles 21 Md. 11 1864 0 Maryland
Bruce v. Leveringe 23 Md. 288 1865 0 Maryland
Wiley, Banks & Co. v. Boyd 38 Ala. 625 1863 0 Alabama
Gray v. Bridgeforth 33 Miss. 312 1857 0 Mississippi
Spencer v. McDonald 22 Ark. 466 1861 0 Arkansas
Cozzins v. Whitaker 3 Stew. & P. 322 1833 0 Alabama
Jones v. Smith 33 Miss. 215 1857 0 Mississippi
Harris v. McLaran 30 Miss. 533 1855 0 Mississippi
Commonwealth ex rel. Jesse v. Craig 1 Serg. & Rawle 23 1814 0 Civil SC of PA.
Wynns v. Burden 58 N.C. 377 1860 0 North Carolina
State v. Marley 30 N.C. 48 1847 0 North Carolina
Lawson v. Shotwell 27 Miss. 630 1854 0 Mississippi
Lightfoot v. Lightfoot's Executor 27 Ala. 351 1855 0 Alabama
Harris v. Miller 30 Ala. 221 1857 0 Alabama
Gilmer v. Ware 19 Ala. 252 1851 0 Alabama
Stringfellow v. Mariott 1 Ala. 573 1840 0 Alabama
Martin v. Keeton 10 Hum. 536 1850 0 Tennessee