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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Perry v. Gill 21 Tenn. 218 1840 0 Tennessee
Cheeves v. Bell 54 N.C. 234 1854 0 North Carolina
Drewry v. Phillips 44 N.C. 81 1852 0 North Carolina
Fulford v. Hancock 45 N.C. 55 1852 0 North Carolina
Ramsay v. Morris 35 N.C. 458 1852 0 North Carolina
Wooten v. Becton 43 N.C. 66 1851 0 North Carolina
Kinney v. Cook 4 Ill. 232 1841 0 Civil Illinois
Gant v. Hunsucker 34 N.C. 254 1851 0 North Carolina
Savage v. Forward 7 Ala. 463 1845 0 Alabama
Stewart v. Miller 19 Tenn. 574 1838 0 Tennessee
Davis v. Garrett 25 N.C. 459 1843 0 North Carolina
Young v. McKinnie 5 Fla. 542 1854 0 Supreme Court of FL
Sheldon v. Armstead's Adm'r 48 Va. 264 1851 0 SC of Appeals VA
Brown v. Brown 42 N.C. 30 1850 0 North Carolina
Ingram v. Smith 38 Tenn. 411 1858 0 Tennessee
Edney v. King 39 N.C. 465 1847 0 North Carolina
Goldsborough v. Cradie 28 Md. 477 1868 0 Maryland
Kearney v. Sascer 37 Md. 264 1873 0 Maryland
Ketletas v. Fleet 7 Johns. 323 1811 0 Civil SC of New York
Somervell v. Hunt 3 Md. 113 1792 0 Maryland