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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Dearing v. Lightfoot 16 Ala. 28 1849 0 Alabama
Lockhart v. Cameron 29 Ala. 355 1856 0 Alabama
Borum v. Garland 9 Ala. 452 1846 0 Alabama
Dent v. Chiles 5 Stew. & P. 383 1832 0 Alabama
Gaines v. Shelton 47 Ala. 413 1872 0 Alabama
Elmore v. Mustin 28 Ala. 309 1856 0 Alabama
Farley v. Gilmer 12 Ala. 141 1847 0 Alabama
Palmer v. Benson 19 Ala. 594 1851 0 Alabama
Hilliard v. Binford's Heirs 10 Ala. 977 1847 0 Alabama
Ward v. Oates 42 Ala. 225 1868 0 Alabama
Crockett v. State 38 Ala. 387 1862 0 Alabama
Hardy v. Toney 20 Ala. 237 1852 0 Alabama
Huntington v. Adams 12 Ala. 834 1848 0 Alabama
Williams v. Haney 3 Ala. 371 1842 0 Alabama
Lemon v. Reynolds 19 Va. 552 1817 0 SC of Appeals VA
Killough v. Steele 1 Stew. & P. 262 1832 0 Alabama
Van Metre v. Mitchell 28 F. Cas. 1036 1853 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Charles v. Hunnicutt 9 Va. 311 1804 0 SC of Appeals VA
United States v. Bowman 24 F. Cas. 1212 1808 0 Criminal Circuit Court, D. PA.
Halcomb v. Flournoy 6 Va. 433 1800 0 SC of Appeals VA