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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Persse v. Watrous 30 Conn. 139 1861 1 Connecticut
Merrill v. Rhodes 37 Ala. 449 1861 0 Alabama
Mitchell v. Moore 57 Va. 275 1861 0 SC of Appeals VA
Cecil v. Rose 17 Md. 92 1861 0 Maryland
United States v. The Augusta 24 F. Cas. 892 1861 0 Civil District Court, S.D. New York
Cecil v. Harrington 18 Md. 510 1862 0 Maryland
Thornberry v. Baxter 24 Ark. 76 1862 0 Arkansas
Gardner v. Armstrong 31 Mo. 535 1862 1 Missouri
Goldsby v. Goldsby’s Adm’r 38 Ala. 404 1862 0 Alabama
American Baptist Missionary Union v. Peck 10 Mich. 341 1862 1 Michigan
United States v. Horn 26 F. Cas. 373 1862 0 Criminal Circuit Court, S.D. New York
United States v. Santos 27 F. Cas. 954 1862 0 Criminal Circuit Court, S.D. New York
State v. Walters 16 La. Ann. 400 1862 0 Louisiana
Joyner v. Joyner 59 N.C. 322 1862 1 North Carolina
Mitchell v. Ingram 38 Ala. 395 1862 0 Alabama
Riley v. Watson 18 Ind. 291 1862 0 Civil Indiana
Parker v. Davis 53 N.C. 460 1862 1 North Carolina
Lestrade v. Barth 19 Cal. 660 1862 1 California
Reed v. Campbell 20 F. Cas. 422 1862 0 United States
Hackney v. Vrooman 62 Barb. 650 1862 0 SC of New York