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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Butler v. Craig 2 Md. 214 1787 0 Maryland
De Fontaine v. De Fontaine 5 H. & J. 99 1818 0 Maryland
Dubose v. Young 14 Ala. 139 1848 0 Alabama
Scott v. Kelson 3 Port. 452 1836 0 Alabama
Hunter v. Green 22 Ala. 329 1853 0 Alabama
Cocke v. Board of Police 38 Miss. 340 1860 0 Mississippi
Bennett v. Black 1 Stew. 39 1827 0 Alabama
State v. Duncan 9 Port. 260 1839 0 Alabama
Irby v. Wilson 21 N.C. 568 1837 0 North Carolina
White v. Latimer 12 Tex. 61 1854 0 Texas
Smith v. Anderson 39 Tex. 496 1873 0 Texas
Foxworth v. Burckhalter 3 La. Ann. 365 1848 0 Louisiana
Succession of Hutchings 11 Rob. 512 1845 0 Louisiana
Levistones v. Landreaux 6 La. Ann. 26 1851 0 Louisiana
Greer v. State 22 Tex. 588 1858 0 Texas
McDaniel v. Johns 45 Miss. 632 1871 0 Mississippi
Wilkinson v. Cook 44 Miss. 367 1870 0 Mississippi
Ponder v. Cox 28 Ga. 305 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Andrews v. Bonner 26 Ga. 520 1858 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Elam v. Rawson 21 Ga. 139 1857 0 Georgia