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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Smith v. Thomas 22 N.C. 126 1838 0 North Carolina
Popelston v. Skinner 20 N.C. 156 1838 0 North Carolina
Williams v. Walton 16 Tenn. 387 1835 0 Tennessee
Allen v. Miles 36 Miss. 640 1859 0 Mississippi
Watkins v. Quarles 23 Ark. 179 1861 0 Arkansas
Whitesides v. Williams 22 N.C. 153 1838 0 North Carolina
Whitehill v. Wilson 3 Pen. & W. 405 1832 0 Civil SC of PA.
Atwell v. Miller 11 Md. 348 1857 0 Maryland
Allison v. Allison 56 N.C. 236 1857 0 North Carolina
State v. Cherry 33 N.C. 475 1850 0 North Carolina
Melvin v. Melvin 6 Md. 541 1854 0 Maryland
Peirce v. Turner 1 D.C. 462 1808 0 United States
William v. Van Zandt 3 D.C. 55 1826 0 United States
Sasser v. Jones 38 N.C. 19 1843 0 North Carolina
Simon v. State 5 Fla. 285 1853 0 Supreme Court of FL
Weaver v. Lapsley 42 Ala. 601 1868 0 Alabama
Barret v. Gaston 1 Ill. 255 1828 0 Illinois
Moore v. Jacobs 4 D.C. 312 1833 0 United States
Hudson v. King 49 Tenn. 560 1871 0 Tennessee
Clements v. Glass 23 Ga. 395 1857 0 supreme Court of Georgia