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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Byrd v. Wells 40 Miss. 711 1866 0 Mississippi
Holloway v. Armstrong 30 Miss. 504 1855 0 Mississippi
Herrington's Exr. v. Herrington 1 Miss. 322 1829 0 Mississippi
Atkinson v. Robinson 36 Va. 144 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Osborne v. VanHorn 2 Fla. 360 1848 0 Supreme Court of FL
Sibley v. Maria 2 Fla. 553 1849 0 Supreme Court of FL
Lines v. Smith 4 Fla. 47 1851 0 Supreme Court of FL
Russ v. Russ 9 Fla. 105 1860 0 Supreme Court of FL
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Kentucky
Moss v. Davidson 9 Miss. 112 1843 0 Mississippi
Samuel v. Childs 4 D.C. 189 1831 0 United States
Lee v. Ramsay 1 D.C. 435 1807 0 United States
Commonwealth ex rel. Taylor v. Hasson 3 Pen. & W. 237 1831 0 Civil SC of PA.
Fisher v. Henderson 9 F. Cas. 132 1873 0 United States
Sam v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 430 1872 0 Mississippi
Hackney v. Vrooman 62 Barb. 650 1862 0 SC of New York
Parham v. Cobb 7 La. Ann. 157 1852 0 Louisiana
United States v. Flowery 25 F. Cas. 1124 1845 0 United States
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 15 Johns. 283 1818 0 Civil SC of New York
Van Epps v. Van Deusen 4 Paige Ch. 64 1833 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York