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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Plato v. Bainbridge 4 H. & McH. 416 1799 0 Maryland
Keziah v. Slye 4 D.C. 463 1834 0 United States
Jordan v. Sawyer 2 D.C. 373 1823 0 United States
King v. Kenan 38 Ala. 63 1861 0 Alabama
Clopton v. Jones' Executor 38 Ala. 121 1861 0 Alabama
Cameron v. Cameron 29 Miss. 112 1855 0 Mississippi
Rankin v. Hoyle 41 N.C. 161 1849 0 North Carolina
Skinner v. Wynne 55 N.C. 41 1854 0 North Carolina
Caller v. Vivian 8 Ala. 903 1846 0 Alabama
Wilkerson v. McDougal 48 Ala. 517 1872 0 Alabama
Smith v. Daniel 7 N.C. 128 1819 0 North Carolina
Corley v. State 28 Ala. 22 1856 0 Alabama
Jones v. Perkins 54 N.C. 337 1854 0 North Carolina
United States v. Johnson 4 D.C. 303 1833 0 United States
State v. Roane 13 N.C. 58 1828 0 North Carolina
Hair v. Avery 28 Ala. 267 1856 0 Alabama
Brister v. State 26 Ala. 107 1855 0 Alabama
Smith v. Knight 11 Ala. 618 1847 0 Alabama
Grant v. Bontz 2 D.C. 184 1819 0 United States
State v. Flowers 6 N.C. 225 1813 0 North Carolina