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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Dawson v. Callaway 31 Ga. 47 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Pierce v. John 6 Md. 28 1854 0 Maryland
Alexander v. Alexander 41 N.C. 229 1849 0 North Carolina
Owen v. Peebles 42 Ala. 338 1868 0 Alabama
Larkins v. Biddle 21 Ala. 252 1852 0 Alabama
Taylor v. Horsey 5 Del. 131 1849 0 Delaware
Glanton v. Anthony 15 Ark. 543 1855 0 Arkansas
Cheek v. Wheatley 35 Tenn. 484 1856 0 Tennessee
Shue v. Turk 56 Va. 256 1859 0 SC of Appeals VA
Nichols v. Burch 5 D.C. 553 1839 0 United States
Davis v. Calvert 5 G. & J. 269 1833 0 Maryland
Plato v. Bainbridge 4 H. & McH. 416 1799 0 Maryland
Worthington v. Bicknell 2 H. & J. 58 1806 0 Maryland
White v. Union Bank 6 La. Ann. 162 1851 0 Louisiana
Dwight v. Mason 12 La. Ann. 846 1857 0 Louisiana
Ledoux v. Rucker 4 La. Ann. 218 1849 0 Louisiana
Smith v. Henderson 23 La. Ann. 649 1871 0 Louisiana
Irish v. Wright 8 Rob. 428 1844 0 Louisiana
White & Trufant v. Cazenave 14 La. Ann. 57 1859 0 Louisiana
Joffrion v. Bordelon 14 La. Ann. 618 1859 0 Louisiana