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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Slack v. Slack 26 Miss. 287 1853 0 Mississippi
Foscue v. Foscue 37 N.C. 321 1842 0 North Carolina
Spence v. Thompson 11 Ala. 746 1847 0 Alabama
State v. Borroum 23 Miss. 477 1852 0 Mississippi
Stephens v. Sherrod 6 Tex. 294 1851 0 Texas
Holman v. Murdock 34 Miss. 275 1857 0 Mississippi
Smith v. Henry 35 Miss. 369 1858 0 Mississippi
Capritz v. State 1 Md. 569 1852 0 Maryland
Tifft v. State 23 Miss. 567 1852 0 Mississippi
Shirley v. Shattuck 28 Miss. 13 1854 0 Mississippi
Newell v. Newell 34 Miss. 385 1857 0 Mississippi
King v. Talbert 36 Miss. 367 1858 0 Mississippi
Hill v. Duke 6 Ala. 259 1844 0 Alabama
Brandon v. Cabiness 10 Ala. 155 1846 0 Alabama
Roach v. Anderson 28 Miss. 234 1854 0 Mississippi
Arrington v. Gee 27 N.C. 590 1845 0 North Carolina
Lentz v. Chambers 27 N.C. 587 1845 0 North Carolina
Exum v. Canty 34 Miss. 533 1857 0 Mississippi
Jenkins v. Gowen 37 Miss. 444 1859 0 Mississippi
Pierce v. John 6 Md. 28 1854 0 Maryland