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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Keziah v. Slye 4 D.C. 463 1834 0 United States
Jordan v. Sawyer 2 D.C. 373 1823 0 United States
Elson v. M'Colloch 4 Yeates 115 1804 0 Civil SC of PA.
Douthitt v. Hudson 4 Ala. 110 1842 0 Alabama
Skinner v. Wynne 55 N.C. 41 1854 0 North Carolina
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
Negro v. Richards 1 Del. Cas. 31 1794 0 Delaware
Ross v. Davis 17 Ark. 113 1856 0 Arkansas
Worthington v. Bicknell 2 H. & J. 58 1806 0 Maryland
Pye v. Wood 3 H. & J. 504 1814 0 Maryland
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
Irwin v. Jordan 26 Tenn. 167 1846 0 Tennessee
Ford v. Blount's Ex'or 25 N.C. 516 1843 0 North Carolina
Foscue v. Foscue 37 N.C. 321 1842 0 North Carolina
McBoyle v. Hanks 46 N.C. 133 1853 0 North Carolina