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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Esther v. Buckner 4 D.C. 253 1832 0 United States
Negro Jack v. Hopewell 6 H. & J. 20 1781 0 Maryland
Judge of Probate v. Alexander 31 Miss. 297 1856 0 Mississippi
Peters's Executors v. Breckenridge 2 D.C. 518 1824 0 United States
Semmes v. Sherburne 2 D.C. 637 1825 0 United States
Runaways 4 D.C. 489 1834 0 United States
Ex parte Giberson 4 D.C. 503 1835 0 United States
Smallwood v. Worthington 2 D.C. 431 1823 0 United States
Plato v. Bainbridge 4 H. & McH. 416 1799 0 Maryland
Keziah v. Slye 4 D.C. 463 1834 0 United States
Jordan v. Sawyer 2 D.C. 373 1823 0 United States
Jones v. Perkins 54 N.C. 337 1854 0 North Carolina
United States v. Johnson 4 D.C. 303 1833 0 United States
Grant v. Bontz 2 D.C. 184 1819 0 United States
Patty v. Edelin 1 D.C. 60 1802 0 United States
James v. Carr 2 Del. Cas. 223 1805 0 Delaware
Ross v. Davis 17 Ark. 113 1856 0 Arkansas
Dunnington's Ex'r v. Dunnington's Adm'r 3 H. & J. 279 1811 0 Maryland
Atkinson v. Patton 1 D.C. 46 1802 0 United States
Johnson v. Lovett 31 Ga. 187 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia