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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Reid v. Reid 13 N.C. 247 1829 0 North Carolina
Frith v. Sprague 14 Mass. 455 1817 0 Civil Massachusetts
Norment v. Smith 20 Tenn. 46 1839 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Dexter 8 Fla. 276 1859 0 Supreme Court of FL
Evans v. Bollen 8 F. Cas. 836 1800 0 Civil Circuit Court, D. PA.
Small v. The Messenger 22 F. Cas. 366 1807 0 Civil District Court, D. PA.
Lynch v. Commonwealth 6 Watts 495 1837 0 Civil SC of PA.
Vanzant v. Morris 25 Ala. 285 1854 0 Alabama
Stedman v. Riddick 11 N.C. 29 1825 0 North Carolina
Harrison v. Mock 10 Ala. 185 1846 0 Alabama
Jones v. Covey 26 Ala. 464 1855 0 Alabama
Lathrop v. Lumpkin 41 Va. 49 1843 0 SC of Appeals VA
Williamson's Ex'or v. Howard 41 Va. 39 1843 0 SC of Appeals VA
Jack v. Martin 12 Wend. 311 1834 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Lewis v. Holbrook 91 Mass. 347 1864 0 Civil Massachusetts
Sims v. Chance. 7 Tex. 561 1852 0 Texas
Davis v. Brooks 7 N.C. 133 1819 0 North Carolina
Van Metre v. Mitchell 28 F. Cas. 1042 1853 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Dunbar v. Williams 10 Johns. 249 1813 0 Civil SC of New York
Stephens v. Sherrod 6 Tex. 294 1851 0 Texas