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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Dorothee v. Coquillon 7 Mart. (n.s.) 350 1829 0 Louisiana
McClees v. Sikes 46 N.C. 310 1854 0 North Carolina
Commonwealth v. Turner 44 Mass. 19 1841 0 Criminal Massachusetts
Ex parte Simmons 22 F. Cas. 151 1823 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Mahoney v. Ashton 4 H. & McH. 63 1797 0 Maryland
McLean v. Elliot 26 La. Ann. 385 1874 0 Louisiana
Burr v. Dunnahoo 1 D.C. 370 1806 0 United States
United States v. Simms 4 D.C. 618 1835 0 United States
Barnett v. Barnett 54 N.C. 221 1854 0 North Carolina
Erwin v. Porter 6 Mart. (n.s.) 166 1827 0 Louisiana
Girod v. Lewis 6 Mart. (o.s.) 559 1819 0 Louisiana
M'Grew v. Browder 2 Mart. (n.s.) 17 1823 0 Louisiana
Hathaway v. Leary 55 N.C. 264 1855 0 North Carolina
Castellano v. Peillon 2 Mart. (n.s.) 466 1824 0 Louisiana
Lacroix v. Menard 6 Mart. (n.s.) 98 1827 0 Louisiana
Russell v. Commonwealth 1 Pen. & W. 82 1829 0 Civil SC of PA.
Nuckolls v. Pinkston 38 Ala. 615 1863 0 Alabama
Smyley v. Reese 53 Ala. 89 1875 0 Alabama
Charge to Grand Jury 30 F. Cas. 983 1854 0 United States
Brown v. Johnson 20 La. 486 1868 0 Louisiana