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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Baines v. Williams 25 N.C. 481 1843 0 North Carolina
Harry v. Lyles 4 H. & McH. 215 1798 0 Maryland
Haney v. Waddle 3 H. & J. 557 1815 0 Maryland
Cornelius v. Cohen 1 Ill. 131 1825 0 Civil Illinois
Elmore v. Ventress 24 La. Ann. 382 1872 0 Louisiana
Johnson v. Medtart 4 H. & J. 24 1815 0 Maryland
Singstack's Ex'rs. v. Harding 4 H. & J. 186 1816 0 Maryland
Simpson v. Mitchell 16 Tenn. 417 1835 0 Tennessee
Moore v. White 4 H. & J. 548 1819 0 Maryland
Succession of Packwood 12 La. 334 1845 0 Louisiana
Johnson v. Negro Lish 4 H. & J. 441 1819 0 Maryland
Brisbane v. Mitchell 8 Serg. & Rawle 423 1822 0 Civil SC of PA.
Phoebe v. Jay 1 Ill. 268 1828 0 Civil Illinois
Pratt's Lessee v. Flamer 5 H. & J. 10 1820 0 Maryland
Bayley v. Bates 8 Johns. 185 1811 0 Civil SC of New York
Babcock v. Stanley 11 Johns. 178 1814 0 Civil SC of New York
United States v. Butler 1 D.C. 373 1806 0 United States
Joyner v. Vincent 20 N.C. 512 1839 0 North Carolina
Hughes v. Milly 5 H. & J. 310 1821 0 Maryland
Petway v. Powell 22 N.C. 308 1839 0 North Carolina