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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Stallsworth v. Stallsworth 5 Ala. 143 1843 0 Alabama
Harris v. Rowlands' Adm'rs 23 Ala. 644 1853 0 Alabama
Gibson v. White 17 Va. 94 1812 0 SC of Appeals VA
Clere v. Commonwealth 44 Va. 615 1846 0 General Ct. of VA
Carter's Heirs v. Carter's Adm'rs 39 Ala. 579 1865 0 Alabama
Erwin v. Western North Carolina Rail Road 65 N.C. 79 1871 0 North Carolina
Harrell v. Whitman 20 Ala. 519 1852 0 Alabama
Hassell v. Hamilton 33 Ala. 280 1858 0 Alabama
Wilson v. Hinkley 1 Kirby 199 1787 0 Connecticut
Freeman v. Scurlock 27 Ala. 407 1855 0 Alabama
Bryan v. Watson 20 Ga. 480 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Biscoe v. Royston 18 Ark. 508 1857 0 Arkansas
Berry v. State 10 Ga. 511 1851 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Cross v. Cross's Adm'r 36 Va. 95 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Burwell's Ex'or v. Lumsden 65 Va. 443 1874 0 SC of Appeals VA
Mead v. Jones 65 Va. 347 1874 0 SC of Appeals VA
Durrett v. Davis 65 Va. 302 1874 0 SC of Appeals VA
Puryear v. Cabell 65 Va. 260 1874 0 SC of Appeals VA
Staples v. Staples 65 Va. 225 1874 0 SC of Appeals VA
Buck v. Wroten 65 Va. 250 1874 0 SC of Appeals VA