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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Williams v. Jarrot 6 Ill. 120 1844 0 Civil Illinois
Harry v. Lyles 4 H. & McH. 215 1798 0 Maryland
Hone v. Ammons 14 Ill. 29 1852 0 Civil Illinois
Main v. Alexander 9 Ark. 112 1848 0 Arkansas
Nelson v. People 33 Ill. 390 1864 0 Criminal Illinois
United States v. Williams 28 F. Cas. 631 1852 0 Criminal District Court, E.D. PA.
People v. Wolven 2 Edm. Sel. Cas. 108 1848 0 Criminal City Court of New York
Heirs of Provost v. Provost 13 La. Ann. 574 1858 0 Louisiana
Bell v. Calhoun 49 Va. 22 1851 0 SC of Appeals VA
Tauzin v. Deblieux 18 La. Ann. 585 1866 0 Louisiana
Gaither v. Blowers 11 Md. 536 1857 0 Maryland
Succession of Kerley 18 La. Ann. 583 1866 0 Louisiana
Ball v. Bender 22 La. Ann. 493 1870 0 Louisiana
Ex parte Harrison 7 Ala. 736 1845 0 Alabama
State v. Fisher 1 H. & J. 750 1805 0 Maryland
Hansford v. Elliott 36 Va. 39 1837 0 SC of Appeals VA
Anderson v. Commonwealth 31 Va. 693 1834 0 General Ct. of VA
In re the Tutorship of the Minor Davis 22 La. Ann. 497 1870 0 Louisiana
Doe on demise of Thomason v. Andersons 31 Va. 118 1833 0 SC of Appeals VA
Jamison v. May 13 Ark. 600 1853 0 Arkansas