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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Summers v. Wilson 42 Tenn. 469 1865 0 Tennessee
Solomon Walker's Administrators v. Hawkins 2 N.C. 458 1796 0 North Carolina
Washington v. Barnes 41 Ga. 307 1870 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
State ex rel. Lister v. Skinner 26 N.C. 57 1843 0 North Carolina
Green v. Vardiman 2 Blackf. 324 1830 0 Civil Indiana
Waters v. Barton 41 Tenn. 450 1860 0 Tennessee
Roberts v. Westbrook 41 Tenn. 115 1860 0 Tennessee
State v. Samuel 19 N.C. 177 1836 0 North Carolina
State v. Whitfield 70 N.C. 356 1874 0 North Carolina
Gaulden v. Stoddard 41 Ga. 329 1870 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Ervine v. Dotton 20 Va. 231 1818 0 SC of Appeals VA
Williams v. Mosher 6 Gill 454 1848 0 Maryland
Jourdan v. Miller 41 Ga. 51 1870 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Symmes v. Arnold 10 Ga. 506 1851 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
McKenzie v. Kerr 37 Tenn. 539 1858 0 Tennessee
Dale v. Mosely 4 Stew. & P. 371 1833 0 Alabama
Austin’s Ex’or v. Jones 21 Va. 341 1821 0 SC of Appeals VA
Bell’s Adm’r v. Troy 35 Ala. 184 1859 0 Alabama
In re Caldwell 4 F. Cas. 1035 1874 0 Dist. Ct., E.D. VA
Carswell v. Ware 30 Ga. 267 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia