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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wallis v. Rhea 12 Ala. 646 1847 0 Alabama
Lewis v. State 17 Miss. 115 1847 0 Mississippi
Worthington v. Shipley 5 Gill 449 1847 0 Maryland
Swinney v. State 16 Miss. 576 1847 1 Mississippi
Wyatt v. Brown 16 Miss. 365 1847 1 Mississippi
State v. Abram 10 Ala. 928 1847 0 Alabama
Nelson v. State 26 Tenn. 542 1847 0 Tennessee
Lester v. Cummings 27 Tenn. 385 1847 0 Tennessee
State v. Anthony 29 N.C. 234 1847 0 North Carolina
Williams v. Terrell 26 Tenn. 551 1847 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Zandt 46 U.S. 215 1847 0 United States
Rippy v. Gant 39 N.C. 443 1847 0 North Carolina
McLeod v. Powe 12 Ala. 9 1847 0 Alabama
Henderson v. Bank at Montgomery 11 Ala. 855 1847 1 Alabama
Thompson v. Ives 11 Ala. 239 1847 1 Alabama
Succession of Macarty 2 La. Ann. 979 1847 1 Louisiana
Coleman v. Freeman 3 Ga. 137 1847 1 Georgia
Alderson v. Harris 12 Ala. 580 1847 1 Alabama
Hall v. State 3 Ga. 18 1847 0 Georgia
McDonand v. Sims 3 Ga. 383 1847 0 Supreme Court of Georgia