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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Jenkins v. Gowen 37 Miss. 444 1859 0 Mississippi
Clary’s Administrators v. Clary 24 N.C. 78 1841 0 North Carolina
Gully v. Hull 31 Miss. 20 1856 0 Mississippi
Garner v. Prewitt 32 Ala. 13 1858 0 Alabama
Jennings v. Sykes 22 N.C. 151 1838 0 North Carolina
Hall v. Gillespie 62 N.C. 256 1867 0 North Carolina
State v. Marshall 14 Ala. 411 1848 0 Alabama
Hutchins v. Brooks 31 Miss. 430 1856 0 Mississippi
Coalter’s ex’or v. Bryan 1 Gratt. 18 1844 0 SC of Appeals VA
Fitzgerald v. Reed 17 Miss. 94 1847 0 Mississippi
Collins v. Mitchell 5 Fla. 364 1853 0 Supreme Court of FL
Hart v. Hart 39 Miss. 221 1860 0 Mississippi
Woodland v. Wallis 6 Md. 151 1854 0 Maryland
Freeman v. Cook 41 N.C. 373 1849 0 North Carolina
Berry v. Bland 15 Miss. 77 1846 0 Mississippi
Tayloe v. Graves 1 Jefferson 40 1736 0 General Ct. of VA
Governor ex rel. Oxley v. Freeman 15 N.C. 472 1834 0 North Carolina
Kidd v. Morrison 62 N.C. 31 1866 0 North Carolina
Hall v. Hall 11 Tex. 526 1854 0 Texas
Shaw v. Brown 42 Miss. 309 1868 0 Mississippi