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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Jim 12 N.C. 142 1826 0 North Carolina
Newsum v. Newsum 1 Leigh 86 1829 0 SC of Appeals VA
Erwin v. Lowry 2 La. Ann. 314 1847 0 Louisiana
State ex rel. Stanly v. McGowen 37 N.C. 9 1841 0 North Carolina
Conner v. Hull 36 Miss. 424 1858 0 Mississippi
Harrison’s Administrator v. Harrison’s Distributees 39 Ala. 489 1864 0 Alabama
Yarbrough v. Arrington 40 N.C. 291 1848 0 North Carolina
Charge to Grand Jury—Fugitive Slave Law 30 F. Cas. 1015 1851 0 United States
May v. Jameson 11 Ark. 368 1850 0 Arkansas
Tucker v. Tucker 27 N.C. 161 1844 0 North Carolina
Poindexter v. Davis 47 Va. 481 1850 0 SC of Appeals VA
Adams v. Adams 39 Ala. 274 1864 0 Alabama
Ammons v. State 9 Fla. 530 1861 0 Supreme Court of FL
McCune v. McMichael 29 Ga. 312 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Marshall v. Drawhorn 27 Ga. 275 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Executors of Everett v. Administrators of Whitfield 27 Ga. 133 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Outlaw v. Gilmer 27 Ga. 365 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Bivins v. Crawford 26 Ga. 225 1858 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Terrell v. McKinny 26 Ga. 447 1858 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Reinhart v. Miller 22 Ga. 402 1857 0 Supreme Court of Georgia