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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Phoebe v. Jay 1 Ill. 268 1828 0 Civil Illinois
Cornelius v. Cohen 1 Ill. 131 1825 0 Civil Illinois
State v. Charles 1 Fla. 298 1847 0 Supreme Court of FL
Wesley v. State 37 Miss. 327 1859 0 Mississippi
Roundtree v. Baker 52 Ill. 241 1869 0 Civil Illinois
Green v. Vardiman 2 Blackf. 324 1830 0 Civil Indiana
Union Bank v. Stafford 53 U.S. 327 1851 0 United States
M'Vaughters v. Elder 4 S.C.L. 307 1809 0 South Carolina
Violette v. Ball 2 D.C. 102 1814 0 United States
Hall v. Vandegrift 3 Binn. 374 1811 0 Civil SC of PA.
Buckner v. Street 4 F. Cas. 578 1871 0 E.D. Ark.
Freeman v. Robinson 7 Ind. 321 1855 1 Indiana
Tom v. Daily 4 Ohio 336 1829 0 Civil Ohio
In re Denison 1 Blume Sup. Ct. Trans. 139 1807 0 Civil Michigan
Ableman v. Booth 11 Wis. 498 1859 1 Wisconsin
Horn v. Gartman 1 Fla. 63 1846 0 Supreme Court of FL
Hayes v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance 125 Ill. 626 1888 1 Illinois
People v. Petrea 1 N.Y. Crim. 198 1882 1 New York
Webster v. Heard 32 Tex. 685 1870 1 Texas
Scruggs v. Davis 40 Tenn. 664 1859 0 Tennessee