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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sable v. Hitchcock 2 Johns. Cas. 79 1800 0 Civil SC of New York
Ryden v. Jones 8 N.C. 497 1821 0 North Carolina
Rutland v. Gleaves 1 Swan 198 1851 0 Tennessee
Ruth v. State 20 Md. 436 1864 0 Maryland
Rutherford v. Newson 30 Ga. 728 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Rutherford v. Newsom 36 Ga. 246 1867 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Rutherford v. Craik's executors 3 N.C. 262 1803 0 North Carolina
Russ v. Russ 9 Fla. 105 1860 0 Supreme Court of FL
Russ v. Jones 72 N.C. 52 1875 0 North Carolina
Russell v. Kearney 27 Ga. 96 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Russell v. Favier 18 La. 585 1841 0 Louisiana
Russell v. Commonwealth 1 Pen. & W. 82 1829 0 Civil SC of PA.
Rusk v. Sowerwine 3 H. & J. 97 1810 0 Maryland
Runaways 4 D.C. 489 1834 0 United States
Rumbly v. Stainton 24 Ala. 712 1854 0 Alabama
Rugely v. Robinson 19 Ala. 404 1851 0 Alabama
Ruddle's Ex'or v. Ben 37 Va. 467 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Rucker's Adm'r v. Gilbert 30 Va. 8 1831 0 SC of Appeals VA
Rozier v. Holliday 8 Md. 381 1855 0 Maryland
Royall v. Eppes 16 Va. 479 1811 0 SC of Appeals VA