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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Reed v. Campbell 20 F. Cas. 422 1862 0 United States
Crawford v. Slye 4 D.C. 457 1834 0 United States
Thornton v. Davis 4 D.C. 500 1835 0 United States
State v. Cadle 19 Ark. 613 1858 0 Arkansas
Charge to Grand Jury—Fugitive Slave Law 30 F. Cas. 1007 1851 0 Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Skinner v. Hughes 13 Mo. 440 1850 0 Missouri
Magee v. Childers 6 Ala. 196 1844 0 Alabama
Owens v. Grimsley 44 Ala. 359 1870 0 Alabama
Coolidge v. Burnes 25 Ark. 241 1868 0 Arkansas
Smith v. Pearson 26 Ala. 603 1855 0 Alabama
Brown v. Burrus 8 Mo. 26 1843 0 Missouri
Butler v. Haskell 4 S.C. Eq. 651 1816 0 South Carolina
Caruthers v. Corbin 38 Ga. 75 1868 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Hempstead v. Johnston 18 Ark. 123 1856 0 Arkansas
Robson v. Harwell 6 Ga. 589 1849 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Kitchen v. Crawford 13 Tex. 516 1855 0 Texas
Lucy v. State 8 Mo. 134 1843 0 Missouri
Nathan v. State 8 Mo. 631 1844 0 Missouri
Rafe v. State 20 Ga. 60 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Hansford v. Elliott 9 Leigh 79 1837 0 Virginia