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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Henning v. Varner 34 Md. 102 1871 0 Maryland
Falconer v. Jones 14 N.C. 334 1832 0 North Carolina
McGuire v. Evans 40 N.C. 269 1848 0 North Carolina
John v. State 2 Ala. 290 1841 0 Alabama
Hunt v. White 24 Tex. 643 1859 0 Texas
Cheaires v. Alderson 26 Tenn. 273 1846 0 Tennessee
State v. Dean 35 N.C. 63 1851 0 North Carolina
Olds v. Powell 10 Ala. 393 1846 0 Alabama
Garner v. Johnson 22 Ala. 494 1853 0 Alabama
Pinkard v. Ingersol 11 Ala. 9 1847 0 Alabama
Lunsford v. Baynham 29 Tenn. 267 1849 0 Tennessee
Miller v. Jourdan 43 Ga. 316 1871 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Bell v. Jones 10 Md. 322 1856 0 Maryland
Hunter v. State 43 Ga. 483 1871 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Pittman v. Chisolm 43 Ga. 442 1871 0 Georgia
Riddle v. Kreinbiehl 12 La. Ann. 297 1857 0 Louisiana
Hooper v. Union Bank 10 Rob. 63 1845 0 Louisiana
Freeman v. Knight 37 N.C. 72 1841 0 North Carolina
Chase v. Plummer 17 Md. 165 1861 0 Maryland
Smith v. Crandall 20 Md. 482 1864 0 Maryland