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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Catterlin v. Spinks 16 Ala. 467 1849 1 Alabama
Scales v. Desha, Sheppard & Co. 16 Ala. 308 1849 1 Alabama
Trumbull v. Gibbons 22 N.J.L. 117 1849 New Jersey
Hansley v. Hansley 32 N.C. 506 1849 0 North Carolina
Kenan v. Holloway 16 Ala. 53 1849 1 Alabama
Kelly v. Bryan 41 N.C. 283 1849 0 North Carolina
Green v. Phillips 41 N.C. 223 1849 0 North Carolina
Ellis v. Brown 6 Barb. 282 1849 1 New York
Fisk v. Proctor 4 La. Ann. 562 1849 0 Louisiana
Brown v. Clegg 41 N.C. 90 1849 0 North Carolina
Drayton v. United States 1 Hay. & Haz. 369 1849 1 District of Columbia
Freeman v. Cook 41 N.C. 373 1849 0 North Carolina
Bush v. Bradford 15 Ala. 317 1849 1 Alabama
Cooner v. May 22 S.C. Eq. 185 1849 1 South Carolina
Witty v. Hightower 20 Miss. 478 1849 1 Mississippi
Jones v. Deyer 16 Ala. 221 1849 1 Alabama
Anderson v. Dacosta 4 La. Ann. 136 1849 0 Louisiana
Grand Gulf Bank v. Wood 20 Miss. 482 1849 1 Mississippi
Succession of Foster 4 La. Ann. 479 1849 0 Louisiana
Hughes v. Stringfellow 15 Ala. 324 1849 1 Alabama