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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Dunn v. Davis 12 Ala. 135 1847 0 Alabama
Harris v. Harris 42 N.C. 111 1850 0 North Carolina
Tucker v. Tucker 27 N.C. 161 1844 0 North Carolina
Johnson v. Johnson 38 N.C. 426 1844 0 North Carolina
State v. Williams 31 N.C. 140 1848 0 North Carolina
Kinnaird Ex'or v. Williams's Adm'r 35 Va. 400 1836 0 SC of Appeals VA
Jones v. State 13 Ala. 153 1848 0 Alabama
Lemmon v. People 20 N.Y. 562 1859 0 Civil Court of Appeals of New York
Gentry v. Bailey 47 Va. 594 1850 0 SC of Appeals VA
Poindexter v. Davis 47 Va. 481 1850 0 SC of Appeals VA
Cook v. Cook 12 Ark. 381 1851 0 Arkansas
Dick v. State 30 Miss. 593 1856 0 Mississippi
Frank v. State 39 Miss. 705 1861 0 Mississippi
Anthony v. State 29 Ala. 27 1856 0 Alabama
State v. Harris 63 N.C. 1 1868 0 North Carolina
Alfred v. State 37 Miss. 296 1859 0 Mississippi
Whitworth v. Hart 22 Ala. 343 1853 0 Alabama
Adams v. Adams 39 Ala. 274 1864 0 Alabama
Jolly v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 450 1872 0 Mississippi
Dilliard v. Tomlinson 15 Va. 183 1810 0 SC of Appeals VA