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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Powell v. Knox 16 Ala. 364 1849 0 Alabama
Powell v. Olds 9 Ala. 861 1846 0 Alabama
Hatcher v. Hampton 7 Ga. 49 1849 0 Georgia
Mardre v. Leigh 16 N.C. 360 1830 0 North Carolina
Cole v. Hebb 7 G. & J. 20 1835 0 Maryland
Brown v. Dortch 59 Tenn. 740 1874 0 Tennessee
Anderson v. Baily 8 G. & J. 32 1836 0 Maryland
Cecile v. St. Denis 9 Rob. 231 1844 0 Louisiana
Ex parte Millwee 24 Ark. 364 1866 0 Arkansas
Harris v. Moody 30 N.Y. 266 1864 0 Civil Court of Appeals of New York
Gary v. Stevenson 19 Ark. 580 1858 0 Arkansas
Dicken v. Cotton 22 N.C. 272 1839 0 North Carolina
Hobson v. Kissam & Co. 8 Ala. 357 1845 0 Alabama
Frisbie v. McCarty 1 Stew. & P. 56 1831 0 Alabama
Van Alst v. Hunter 5 Johns. Ch. 148 1821 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Alexander v. Ghiselin 5 Gill 138 1847 0 Maryland
Dillard v. Scruggs 36 Ala. 670 1860 0 Alabama
Hurt v. State 19 Ala. 19 1851 0 Alabama
Main v. Alexander 9 Ark. 112 1848 0 Arkansas
Chambers v. Hise 22 N.C. 305 1839 0 North Carolina