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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Clayton v. Brown 17 Ga. 217 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Phillips v. Chappell 16 Ga. 16 1854 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Respass v. Young 11 Ga. 114 1852 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Vaughan v. Parr 20 Ark. 600 1859 0 Arkansas
Nels v. State 2 Tex. 281 1847 0 Texas
Burnett v. Handley 8 Ala. 685 1845 0 Alabama
Pons v. Hart 5 Fla. 457 1854 0 Supreme Court of FL
Wilson v. Lott 5 Fla. 305 1853 0 Supreme Court of FL
Steele v. Richardson 24 Ark. 365 1866 0 Arkansas
Garlington v. Priest 13 Fla. 559 1869 0 Supreme Court of FL
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Kentucky
Ragan v. Gray 27 Miss. 645 1854 0 Mississippi
Peck v. Glass 7 Miss. 195 1842 0 Mississippi
Whitney ex rel. Stewart v. Whitney 15 Miss. 740 1846 0 Mississippi
Whitley v. Stephenson 38 Miss. 113 1859 0 Mississippi
Whitfield v. Whitfield 40 Miss. 352 1866 0 Mississippi
Byrd v. Wells 40 Miss. 711 1866 0 Mississippi
Holloway v. Armstrong 30 Miss. 504 1855 0 Mississippi
Governor v. Daily 14 Ala. 469 1848 0 Alabama
Manley v. Union Bank of Florida 1 Fla. 160 1846 0 Supreme Court of FL