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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Hone v. Ammons 14 Ill. 29 1852 0 Civil Illinois
Bird v. Graham 21 N.C. 168 1835 0 North Carolina
Nelson v. People 33 Ill. 390 1864 0 Criminal Illinois
United States v. Williams 28 F. Cas. 631 1852 0 Criminal District Court, E.D. PA.
People v. Wolven 2 Edm. Sel. Cas. 108 1848 0 Criminal City Court of New York
Rice v. Satterwhite 21 N.C. 69 1835 0 North Carolina
Lobdell v. Union Bank 8 La. Ann. 117 1853 0 Louisiana
Barker v. Coleman 35 Ala. 221 1859 0 Alabama
Dozier v. Dozier 21 N.C. 96 1835 0 North Carolina
Arnold v. Arnold 21 N.C. 111 1835 0 North Carolina
Culver v. Shriner 5 H. & J. 218 1821 0 Maryland
Gelston v. Russel 11 Johns. 415 1814 0 Civil SC of New York
Rowland v. Walker 18 Ala. 749 1851 0 Alabama
Ex parte Harrison 7 Ala. 736 1845 0 Alabama
Burt v. State 39 Ala. 617 1866 0 Alabama
Young v. Carson 18 N.C. 360 1835 0 North Carolina
Brazelton v. Turney 47 Tenn. 267 1869 0 Tennessee
Trippe v. Trippe 29 Ala. 637 1857 0 Alabama
Smith v. Barham 17 N.C. 420 1833 0 North Carolina
Eppes v. McLemore 14 N.C. 345 1832 0 North Carolina