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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Couch v. McKee 6 Ark. 484 1846 0 Arkansas
Shields v. Barden 6 Ark. 459 1846 0 Arkansas
Baldwin v. Joyner 29 N.C. 123 1846 0 North Carolina
Lyon v. Fisk 1 La. Ann. 444 1846 1 Louisiana
Escurieux v. Chapdu 12 La. 520 1846 0 Louisiana
Ashcraft v. Little 39 N.C. 236 1846 0 North Carolina
Abney v. Kingsland & Co. 10 Ala. 355 1846 0 Alabama
Brooks v. Whitney 52 Mass. 35 1846 1 Massachusetts
Thornton v. Demoss 13 Miss. 609 1846 0 Mississippi
Purvis v. Brown 39 N.C. 413 1846 0 North Carolina
Jackson v. Gewin 9 Ala. 114 1846 0 Alabama
McDougal v. Armstrong 25 Tenn. 428 1846 0 Tennessee
Peters v. Van Lear 4 Gill 249 1846 0 Maryland
Hume v. Pumphrey 4 Gill 181 1846 0 Maryland
Spencer v. Hawkins 39 N.C. 288 1846 0 North Carolina
Jones v. Strong 28 N.C. 367 1846 0 North Carolina
Wardens of Hyde v. Silverthorn 28 N.C. 356 1846 0 North Carolina
Lindsay v. Pleasants 39 N.C. 320 1846 0 North Carolina
State v. Gallimore 29 N.C. 147 1846 0 North Carolina
Gordon v. Brown 39 N.C. 399 1846 0 North Carolina