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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gause v. Bullard 16 La. Ann. 107 1861 0 Louisiana
Watkins v. Quarles 23 Ark. 179 1861 0 Arkansas
Martin v. Cook 59 N.C. 199 1861 1 North Carolina
Bell v. Bell’s Adm’r 37 Ala. 536 1861 0 Alabama
Merkle v. State 37 Ala. 139 1861 1 Alabama
Denton v. Griffith 17 Md. 301 1861 0 Maryland
Tongue's lessee v. Nutwell 17 Md. 212 1861 0 Maryland
Calvert v. Carter 18 Md. 73 1861 0 Maryland
In re Yates 59 N.C. 212 1861 1 North Carolina
Cook v. Baine 37 Ala. 350 1861 0 Alabama
Persse v. Watrous 30 Conn. 139 1861 1 Connecticut
United States v. The Augusta 24 F. Cas. 892 1861 0 Civil District Court, S.D. New York
Wheaton v. Neville 19 Cal. 41 1861 1 California
Roberts v. Thomas 32 Ga. 31 1861 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Chaska Co. v. Board of Supervisors 6 Minn. 204 1861 1 Minnesota
Howard v. Snelling 32 Ga. 195 1861 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Tyler v. Willis 13 Abb. Pr. 369 1861 1 New York
Roberts v. Ogbourne 37 Ala. 174 1861 1 Alabama
Weathersby v. Weathersby 39 Miss. 652 1861 0 Mississippi
Succession of Beckham 16 La. Ann. 352 1861 1 Louisiana