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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Thompson v. Thornton 21 Ala. 808 1852 0 Alabama
O'Brien v. Hilburn 9 Tex. 297 1852 0 Texas
Womack v. Womack 8 Tex. 397 1852 0 Texas
White v. Graves 24 Miss. 166 1852 0 Mississippi
Liza v. Puissant 7 La. Ann. 80 1852 0 Louisiana
Union Bank v. Dosson 7 La. Ann. 548 1852 0 Louisiana
Talbot v. De Forest 3 Greene 586 1852 1 Iowa
Cherry v. Jarratt 25 Miss. 221 1852 0 Mississippi
Aaron v. Davidson 25 Miss. 213 1852 0 Mississippi
Foy v. Foy 25 Miss. 207 1852 0 Mississippi
Simpson v. Hiatt 35 N.C. 470 1852 1 North Carolina
Gordon v. McLeod 20 Ala. 242 1852 1 Alabama
Arnett v. Arnett 14 Ark. 57 1852 0 Arkansas
Govan v. Binford 25 Miss. 151 1852 0 Mississippi
Young v. White 25 Miss. 146 1852 0 Mississippi
Doughty v. Owen 24 Miss. 404 1852 0 Mississippi
Gully v. Dunlap 24 Miss. 410 1852 0 Mississippi
Holt v. Robinson 21 Ala. 106 1852 1 Alabama
Boyd v. Lambeth 24 Miss. 433 1852 0 Mississippi
Waddil v. Thompson 7 La. Ann. 592 1852 0 Louisiana