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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Brister v. State 26 Ala. 107 1855 0 Alabama
State v. Rollins 8 N.H. 550 1837 0 Criminal New Hampshire
Alston v. Alston 34 Ala. 15 1859 0 Alabama
Smith v. Hooks 19 Ala. 101 1851 0 Alabama
Den ex dem. of Jones v. Ruffin 14 N.C. 404 1832 0 North Carolina
Berry v. Hardman 12 Ala. 604 1847 0 Alabama
Cowperthwaite v. Jones 2 U.S. 55 1790 0 Civil Court of Common Pleas of PA., Philadelphia County
In re Booth 3 Wis. 157 1854 0 Criminal Wisconsin
Taylor v. Calloway 14 La. Ann. 688 1859 0 Louisiana
Dubois v. Allen 1 Ant. N.P. Cas. 128 1809 0 Civil SC of New York
Lemmon v. People ex rel. Napoleon 26 Barb. 270 1857 0 Civil SC, General Term, New York
Ely v. Van Beuren 3 Cai. 218 1805 0 Civil SC of New York
Phinney v. Phinney 17 How. Pr. 197 1859 0 Civil SC of New York
Vrooman v. Phelps 2 Johns. 177 1807 0 Civil SC of New York
Gilpin v. Vincent 9 Johns. 219 1812 0 Civil SC of New York
Desha, Sheppard & Co. v. Scales 6 Ala. 356 1844 0 Alabama
Briscoe v. Clarke 22 Va. 213 1822 0 SC of Appeals VA
Caesar V. Peabody 11 Johns. 68 1814 0 Civil SC of New York
In re Mickel 14 Johns. 324 1817 0 Civil SC of New York
Overseers of the Poor of Marbletown v. Overseers of the Poor of Kingston 20 Johns. 1 1822 0 Civil SC of New York