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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Adams v. Gay 19 Vt. 358 1847 1 Vermont
Shilling v. Shilling 6 Gill 171 1847 0 Maryland
Vason v. Merchants' Bank 2 Ga. 140 1847 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Branch Bank at Huntsville v. Steele 10 Ala. 915 1847 1 Alabama
Tom v. State 27 Tenn. 86 1847 0 Tennessee
Naglee v. Ingersoll 7 Pa. 185 1847 1 Pennsylvania
Robinson v. McDonald 2 Ga. 116 1847 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Sheppards v. Turpin 3 Gratt. 373 1847 0 SC of Appeals VA
Frost v. Reynolds 39 N.C. 494 1847 1 North Carolina
Wardsworth v. Miller 45 Va. 99 1847 1 Virginia
State v. Clarissa 11 Ala. 57 1847 0 Alabama
Moore v. Morse 2 Tex. 401 1847 0 Texas
Harper v. Archer 17 Miss. 71 1847 1 Mississippi
Forbes v. Forbes 5 Gill 29 1847 0 Maryland
Costigan v. Sewall 6 Gill 232 1847 0 Maryland
Hoyt v. Thorn 7 N.J. Eq. 9 1847 1 New Jersey
Moss v. McCall 12 Ala. 630 1847 1 Alabama
Fox v. Ohio 46 U.S. 410 1847 1 United States
Bowling v. Stratton 27 Tenn. 430 1847 0 Tennessee
Flemming v. Powell 2 Tex. 225 1847 1 Texas