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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Moore v. Banner 39 N.C. 293 1846 0 North Carolina
Atkinson v. Rhea 26 Tenn. 59 1846 0 Tennessee
Bissell v. Lindsay 9 Ala. 162 1846 0 Alabama
Edrington v. League 1 Tex. 64 1846 0 Texas
Wallis v. Rhea 10 Ala. 451 1846 0 Alabama
Bowers v. Mathews 39 N.C. 258 1846 0 North Carolina
Pinkston v. Greene 9 Ala. 19 1846 0 Alabama
Drumright v. Jones 39 N.C. 253 1846 0 North Carolina
Gary v. Terrill 9 Ala. 206 1846 0 Alabama
Jones v. Read 1 La. Ann. 200 1846 1 Louisiana
Shields v. Barden 6 Ark. 459 1846 0 Arkansas
Clark v. Parr 14 Ohio 118 1846 1 Ohio
Clayton v. Liverman 29 N.C. 92 1846 0 North Carolina
Tatum v. Manning 9 Ala. 144 1846 0 Alabama
State v. Blackwell 9 Ala. 79 1846 1 Alabama
Welsh v. Shields 12 La. 527 1846 1 Louisiana
Ward v. Epsy 25 Tenn. 447 1846 0 Tennessee
McDougal v. Armstrong 25 Tenn. 428 1846 0 Tennessee
Ruff v. Starke's Adm'x 44 Va. 134 1846 0 SC of Appeals VA
Leggett v. Simmons 15 Miss. 348 1846 0 Mississippi