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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. v. Bradford 6 W. Va. 220 1873 0 West Virginia
Ansley v. Pearson 8 Ala. 431 1845 0 Alabama
Alston v. Alston 34 Ala. 15 1859 0 Alabama
Smith v. Hooks 19 Ala. 101 1851 0 Alabama
Den ex dem. of Jones v. Ruffin 14 N.C. 404 1832 0 North Carolina
Berry v. Hardman 12 Ala. 604 1847 0 Alabama
Pickens' Adm'r v. Pickens' Distributees 35 Ala. 442 1860 0 Alabama
Jeter v. Deslondes 6 La. Ann. 379 1851 0 Louisiana
Graham v. Little 40 N.C. 407 1848 0 North Carolina
Miller v. State 40 Ala. 54 1866 0 Alabama
Dawson v. His Creditors 6 La. Ann. 212 1851 0 Louisiana
State v. Lasselle 1 Blackf. 60 1820 0 Civil Indiana
Farrell v. Patterson 43 Ill. 52 1867 0 Civil Illinois
Town of Columbia v. Williams 3 Conn. 467 1820 0 Civil Connecticut
Sands v. Codwise 4 Johns. 536 1808 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Fleming v. Slocum 18 Johns. 403 1820 0 Civil SC of New York
Ingalls v. Bulkley 15 Ill. 224 1853 0 Civil Illinois
Kettletas v. Fleet 1 Ant. N.P. Cas. 52 1808 0 Civil SC of New York
Grove v. Roberts 6 La. Ann. 210 1851 0 Louisiana
Case v. McGee 8 Md. 9 1855 0 Maryland