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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
John v. State 1 Ala. 95 1840 0 Alabama
Van Buren v. State 24 Miss. 512 1852 0 Mississippi
Jesse v. State 28 Miss. 100 1854 0 Mississippi
Stewart v. Oakes 5 H. & J. 107 1813 0 Maryland
Dement v. Adm'rs of Boggess 13 Ala. 140 1848 0 Alabama
Austin v. State 14 Ark. 555 1854 0 Arkansas
Oxford v. State 33 Ala. 416 1859 0 Alabama
Fanny v. Kell 8 F. Cas. 995 1823 0 United States
Leggett v. Simmons 15 Miss. 348 1846 0 Mississippi
McConnell v. Hardeman 15 Ark. 151 1854 0 Arkansas
Carroll v. Carroll 20 Tex. 731 1858 0 Texas
White v. Smith 46 S.C.L. 595 1860 0 South Carolina
Thomas' Adm'r v. Lewis 89 Va. 1 1892 0 Virginia
Mary v. State 5 Mo. 71 1837 0 Missouri
State v. M’Kee 17 S.C.L. 651 1830 0 North Carolina
Lucy v. State 8 Mo. 134 1843 0 Missouri
Nathan v. State 8 Mo. 631 1844 0 Missouri
Peter v. State 12 Miss. 31 1844 0 Mississippi
Amy v. Smith 11 Ky. 326 1822 0 Kentucky
Thornton v. Burch 20 Ga. 791 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia