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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
McDonald v. McDonald 58 N.C. 211 1859 0 North Carolina
Jarman v. Ellis 52 N.C. 77 1859 0 North Carolina
Stallings v. Finch 25 Ala. 518 1854 0 Alabama
Peggy v. Wilson 9 G. & J. 169 1837 0 Maryland
Hayden v. Nutt 4 La. Ann. 65 1849 0 Louisiana
State v. Hackett 5 La. 91 1850 0 Louisiana
Armstrong v. Jowell 24 Tex. 58 1859 0 Texas
Todd v. Dysart 23 Tex. 590 1859 0 Texas
Eborn v. Chote 22 Tex. 32 1858 0 Texas
Andrews v. Beck 23 Tex. 455 1859 0 Texas
Duncan v. Magette 25 Tex. 245 1860 0 Texas
Smith v. Hoff 1 Cow. 127 1823 0 Civil SC of New York
Mitchell v. Mitchell's Lessee 6 Md. 224 1854 0 Maryland
Hamilton v. Rogers 8 Md. 301 1855 0 Maryland
Farrell v. Bean 10 Md. 217 1856 0 Maryland
Dunnaway v. State 17 Tenn. 350 1836 0 Tennessee
Harry v. Lyles 4 H. & McH. 215 1798 0 Maryland
Kean v. Welch 42 Va. 404 1845 0 SC of Appeals VA
O'Neal v. Wilson 21 Ala. 288 1852 0 Alabama
In re Belt 2 Edm. Sel. Cas. 93 1848 0 Civil SC of New York