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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Betts v. Francis 30 N.J.L. 152 1862 1 New Jersey
Roberts v. Young 42 Pa. 439 1862 1 Pennsylvania
Eason v. Cherry 59 N.C. 261 1862 1 North Carolina
Governor v. Read 38 Ala. 252 1862 1 Alabama
Sellers v. Botsford 11 Mich. 59 1862 1 Michigan
McDougald's Adm'r v. Carey 38 Ala. 320 1862 1 Alabama
State v. McGlynn & Butler 20 Cal. 233 1862 1 California
Sallee v. Arnold 32 Mo. 532 1862 1 Missouri
State v. Brandon 53 N.C. 463 1862 1 North Carolina
Dixon v. Warters 53 N.C. 449 1862 0 North Carolina
United States v. Copeland 25 F. Cas. 646 1862 0 United States
Arthur v. Gayle 38 Ala. 259 1862 0 Alabama
Crockett v. State 38 Ala. 387 1862 0 Alabama
Carpenter v. Allen 16 La. Ann. 435 1862 0 Louisiana
Rhodes v. Myers 16 La. Ann. 398 1862 0 Louisiana
Stroud v. Garrison 24 Ark. 53 1862 0 Arkansas
Isham v. State 38 Ala. 213 1862 0 Alabama
Cecil v. Cecil 19 Md. 72 1862 0 Maryland
Merrick v. Bradley 19 Md. 50 1862 0 Maryland
Davis v. Patton 19 Md. 120 1862 0 Maryland