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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Scarborough v. Tunnell 41 N.C. 103 1849 0 North Carolina
Witherspoon v. Carmichael 41 N.C. 143 1849 0 North Carolina
Bennett v. Kennerly 40 Tenn. 674 1859 0 Tennessee
Cameron v. Cameron 29 Miss. 112 1855 0 Mississippi
Morrow's adm'r v. Bailey 2 W. Va. 326 1867 0 West Virginia
Beacroft v. Strawn 67 Ill. 28 1873 0 Civil Illinois
Anderson v. Poindexter 6 Ohio St. 622 1856 0 Civil Ohio
Laura v. State 26 Miss. 174 1853 0 Mississippi
Dulany v. Green 4 Del. 285 1845 0 Delaware
Craig v. Phipps 23 Miss. 240 1851 0 Mississippi
Phifer v. Phifer 41 N.C. 155 1849 0 North Carolina
Parker v. Clarkson 4 W. Va. 407 1870 0 West Virginia
McLeod v. Oates 30 N.C. 387 1848 0 North Carolina
Cocke v. Rucks 34 Miss. 105 1857 0 Mississippi
Bourcier v. Lanusse 3 Mart. (o.s.) 581 (1815) 1812 0 Louisiana
Morgan v. M'Gowan 4 Mart. (o.s.) 209 1816 0 Louisiana
Pierse v. Amonett 2 La. Ann. 357 1847 0 Louisiana
Graham v. Burckhalter 2 La. Ann. 415 1847 0 Louisiana
Rhea v. White 40 Tenn. 121 1859 0 Tennessee
Goldenbow v. Wright 13 La. 371 1839 0 Louisiana