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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Elijah v. State 21 Tenn. 455 1841 0 Tennessee
Henry v. State 23 Tenn. 270 1843 0 Tennessee
Smith v. State 9 Ala. 990 1846 0 Alabama
Respublica v. Smith 4 Yeates 204 1805 0 Civil SC of PA.
Wood v. Vandenburgh 6 Paige Ch. 277 1837 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
State v. Charles 1 Fla. 298 1847 0 Supreme Court of FL
Bowling v. Stratton 27 Tenn. 430 1847 0 Tennessee
Tom v. State 27 Tenn. 86 1847 0 Tennessee
State v. John 30 N.C. 330 1848 0 North Carolina
Finley v. Babin 12 La. Ann. 236 1857 0 Louisiana
Ferris v. Henderson 12 Pa. 49 1849 0 Civil SC of PA.
Elias v. Smith 25 Tenn. 33 1845 0 Tennessee
Raborg’s Adm'x. v. Hammond's Adm'r. 2 H. & G. 42 1827 0 Maryland
Frisbie v. McCarty 1 Stew. & P. 56 1831 0 Alabama
Gambling v. Read 19 Tenn. 281 1838 0 Tennessee
Taylor v. Kelly 31 Ala. 59 1857 0 Alabama
O'Neal v. Wilson 21 Ala. 288 1852 0 Alabama
Jones v. Fort 36 Ala. 449 1860 0 Alabama
Burts v. Evans 48 Tenn. 420 1870 0 Tennessee
Anderson v. Hammond 5 Gill 461 1847 0 Maryland