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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Shearman v. Christian 27 Va. 50 1827 0 SC of Appeals VA
Ashby v. Smith 40 Va. 56 1842 0 SC of Appeals VA
Ross v. Norvell 1 Va. 14 1791 0 SC of Appeals VA
Town of Exeter v. Town of Warwick 1 R.I. 63 1834 0 Rhode Island
Tom v. Daily 4 Ohio 336 1829 0 Civil Ohio
Anderson v. Poindexter 6 Ohio St. 622 1856 0 Civil Ohio
Anderson v. Millikin 9 Ohio St. 568 1859 0 Ohio
Ex parte Bushnell 9 Ohio St. 76 1859 1 Ohio
Price v. Slaughter 1 Cin. Sup. Ct. Rep. 429 1871 0 Civil Ohio
Swindall v. Bradley 56 N.C. 353 1857 0 North Carolina
Sorrey v. Bright 21 N.C. 113 1835 0 North Carolina
White v. Green 36 N.C. 45 1840 0 North Carolina
O'Neill v. General Film Co. 157 N.Y.S. 1028 1916 New York
Hedgepeth v. Robertson 18 Tex. 858 1857 0 New York
State v. Emmons 2 N.J.L. 11 1806 New Jersey
Sellars v. Kelly 45 Miss. 323 1871 0 Mississippi
Sartor v. Sartor 39 Miss. 760 1861 0 Mississippi
People ex rel. Hedgman v. Board of Registration 26 Mich. 51 1872 0 Civil Michigan
In re Denison 1 Blume Sup. Ct. Trans. 139 1807 0 Civil Michigan
In re Pattinson 1 Blume Sup. Ct. Trans. 321 1807 0 Civil Michigan