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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Plater v. Groome 3 Md. 134 1852 0 Maryland
Graham v. Graham 4 W. Va. 320 1870 0 West Virginia
Thompson v. Updegraff 3 W. Va. 629 1869 0 West Virginia
Matthews v. Dunbar 3 W. Va. 138 1869 0 West Virginia
Ringgold v. Barley 5 Md. 186 1853 0 Maryland
Mundorff v. Kilbourn 4 Md. 459 1853 0 Maryland
Crane v. Gough 4 Md. 316 1853 0 Maryland
Glenn v. Chesapeake Bank 3 Md. 475 1853 0 Maryland
Parker v. Clarkson 4 W. Va. 407 1870 0 West Virginia
Sanaker v. Cushwa 3 W. Va. 29 1868 0 West Virginia
Lark v. Linstead 2 Md. 420 1852 0 Maryland
Alexander v. Worthington 5 Md. 471 1853 0 Maryland
Melvin v. Melvin 6 Md. 541 1854 0 Maryland
Mathews v. Wade 2 W. Va. 464 1868 0 West Virginia
Morrow's adm'r v. Bailey 2 W. Va. 326 1867 0 West Virginia
Townshend v. Townshend 6 Md. 295 1854 0 Maryland
Case v. McGee 8 Md. 9 1855 0 Maryland
Anderson v. Millikin 9 Ohio St. 568 1859 0 Ohio
Roberts v. Fleming 31 Ala. 683 1858 0 Breach of Warranty for Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Broadbent v. State 7 Md. 416 1855 0 Maryland