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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Whitfield v. Whitfield 44 Miss. 254 1870 0 Mississippi
Woods v. Ridley 27 Miss. 119 1854 0 Mississippi
Young v. Mackall 4 Md. 362 1853 0 Maryland
Brown v. Burrus 8 Mo. 26 1843 0 Missouri
Butler v. Haskell 4 S.C. Eq. 651 1816 0 South Carolina
Cornish v. Dews 18 Ark. 172 1856 0 Arkansas
Harwell v. Fitts 20 Ga. 723 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
May v. May 7 Fla. 207 1857 0 Supreme Court of FL
Fleming v. Townsend 6 Ga. 103 1849 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Stoddert v. Tuck 5 Md. 18 1853 0 Maryland
Marriott v. Badger 5 Md. 306 1853 0 Maryland
Tobin v. Jenkins 29 Ark. 151 1874 0 Arkansas
Watson v. Dickens 20 Miss. 608 1849 0 Mississippi
Shanklin v. Johnson 9 Ala. 271 1846 0 Alabama
Handy v. Johnson 5 Md. 450 1853 0 Maryland
Ables v. Donley 8 Tex. 331 1852 0 Texas
Bob v. State 10 Tenn. 173 1826 0 Tennessee
Hector v. State 2 Mo. 135 1829 0 Missouri
Garrett v. Stuart 12 S.C.L. 514 1821 0 South Carolina
Grier v. Wallace 7 S.C. 182 1876 0 South Carolina