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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. Parker 15 Ill. 307 1853 1 Illinois
Poindexter v. Gibson 54 N.C. 44 1853 1 North Carolina
Bush v. Stamps 26 Miss. 463 1853 1 Mississippi
Mallet v. Smith 27 S.C. Eq. 12 1853 0 South Carolina
Newton v. Jackson 23 Ala. 335 1853 0 Alabama
Town of Barnard v. Henry 25 Vt. 289 1853 1 Vermont
Riggs v. State 26 Miss. 51 1853 1 Mississippi
Hitt v. Rush 22 Ala. 563 1853 0 Alabama
McMaster v. McMaster's Ex'ors 51 Va. 275 1853 1 Virginia
Rogers v. Wilson 13 Ark. 507 1853 1 Arkansas
Corbitt v. Corbitt 54 N.C. 114 1853 0 North Carolina
Purcell v. McCleary 51 Va. 246 1853 1 Virginia
Lobdell v. Union Bank 8 La. Ann. 117 1853 0 Louisiana
Henry v. Lowell 16 Barb. 268 1853 1 New York
Dill v. Camp 22 Ala. 249 1853 0 Alabama
Downer v. Cross 2 Wis. 371 1853 1 Wisconsin
Whitney v. Freeland 26 Miss. 481 1853 1 Mississippi
Cooper v. Peck 22 Ala. 406 1853 0 Alabama
Webb’s Appeal 21 Pa. 248 1853 1 Pennsylvania
Hall v. Hall 27 N.H. 275 1853 1 New Hampshire