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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Semmes v. Sheeburne 2 D.C. 534 1824 0 United States
United States v. Prout 27 F. Cas. 625 1833 0 United States
United States v. West 5 D.C. 35 1836 0 United States
Taylor v. Horsey 5 Del. 131 1849 0 Delaware
Freeny v. McCally 2 Del. Cas. 315 1817 0 Delaware
Cook v. Parham 24 Ala. 21 1853 0 Alabama
Beller v. Jones 22 Ark. 92 1860 0 Arkansas
Churchill v. Machen 1 Va. Col. Dec. 141 1730 0 General Ct. of VA
Slocomb, Richards & Co. v. Blackburn 18 Ark. 309 1857 0 Arkansas
State v. Clarissa 27 N.C. 221 1844 0 North Carolina
Cunningham v. Wood 23 Tenn. 417 1843 0 Tennessee
Cochreham v. Kirkpatrick 48 Tenn. 327 1870 0 Tennessee
Beaufort v. Collier 25 Tenn. 487 1846 0 Tennessee
Turner v. Fisher 36 Tenn. 209 1856 0 Tennessee
Meredith v. Owen 36 Tenn. 223 1856 0 Tennessee
Ferguson v. Mason 34 Tenn. 618 1855 0 Tennessee
White v. Harmond 35 Tenn. 322 1855 0 Tennessee
Higgins v. Allen 3 Md. 504 1796 0 Maryland
Layne v. Norris' Adm'r 57 Va. 236 1861 0 SC of Appeals VA
Cain & Horn v. Kelly 23 Tenn. 472 1844 0 Tennessee