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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Castellano v. Peillon 2 Mart. (n.s.) 466 1824 0 Louisiana
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 603 1839 0 United States
Shiver v. Brock 55 N.C. 137 1855 0 North Carolina
Burr v. Dunnahoo 1 D.C. 370 1806 0 United States
United States v. Simms 4 D.C. 618 1835 0 United States
Madre v. Saunders 48 N.C. 1 1855 0 North Carolina
Sugg v. Burgess 2 Stew. 509 1830 0 Alabama
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Kentucky
Murphy v. Merritt 48 N.C. 37 1855 0 North Carolina
Succession of Taylor v. Taylor 15 La. Ann. 313 1860 0 Louisiana
Ferris v. Henderson 12 Pa. 49 1849 0 Civil SC of PA.
Lee v. Lee 4 D.C. 643 1835 0 United States
Talbott v. Hartley 1 D.C. 31 1801 0 United States
Pettus v. Roberts 6 Ala. 811 1844 0 Alabama
Cunningham ex rel. Remington v. Offutt 5 D.C. 524 1838 0 United States
Foster v. Sykes 23 Ala. 796 1853 0 Alabama
Campbell v. Wallace 3 Yeates 271 1801 0 Civil SC of PA.
Mary v. Talburt 4 D.C. 187 1831 0 United States
Costin v. Corporation of Washington 2 D.C. 254 1821 0 United States
Isaac v. Farnsworth 40 Tenn. 275 1859 0 Tennessee