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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ramsay v. Morris 35 N.C. 458 1852 0 North Carolina
Wooten v. Becton 43 N.C. 66 1851 0 North Carolina
Polk v. Buchanan 37 Tenn. 721 1857 0 Tennessee
Connell v. Vaughn 40 Ga. 154 1869 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Dillard v. Scruggs 36 Ala. 670 1860 0 Alabama
Gant v. Hunsucker 34 N.C. 254 1851 0 North Carolina
Ross v. Wharton 18 Tenn. 190 1836 0 Tennessee
Foster v. Pugh 20 Miss. 416 1849 0 Mississippi
Barnes v. White 32 Tenn. 442 1852 0 Tennessee
Young v. McKinnie 5 Fla. 542 1854 0 Supreme Court of FL
Jane v. Hagen 29 Tenn. 332 1849 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Brown 42 N.C. 30 1850 0 North Carolina
Lawrence v. Vick 29 Tenn. 285 1849 0 Tennessee
Com. of Pennsylvania v. Chambre 4 Dall. 143 1794 0 Civil SC of PA.
Hurt v. State 19 Ala. 19 1851 0 Alabama
Cecil v. Cecil 20 Md. 153 1863 0 Maryland
Kearney v. Sascer 37 Md. 264 1873 0 Maryland
Foote v. State 59 Md. 264 1883 0 Maryland
De Fonclear v. Shottenkirk 3 Johns. 170 1808 0 Civil SC of New York
Burkhead v. Colson 22 N.C. 77 1838 0 North Carolina