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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Mary v. State 5 Mo. 71 1837 0 Missouri
State v. M’Kee 17 S.C.L. 651 1830 0 North Carolina
Hitt v. Rush 22 Ala. 563 1853 0 Dispute over will Alabama
Jim v. State 23 Tenn. 289 1843 0 Tennessee
Parker v. Carter 4 Munf. 273 1814 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Waddill v. Chamberlayne 1 Jefferson 10 1733 0 Fraud General Ct. of VA
State v. Jefferson 3 Del. 571 1842 0 Murder trial Delaware
Sullivant v. State 8 Ark. 400 1848 0 Indictment for rape Arkansas
State v. Jefferson 28 N.C. 305 1846 0 Rape North Carolina
State v. Jarrott 23 N.C. 76 1840 0 Homicide North Carolina
Stevens v. Bransford 33 Va. 246 1835 0 Writ of fieri facias SC of Appeals VA
Williams v. Kelsey & Halsted 6 Ga. 365 1849 0 Levy and Claim Supreme Court of Georgia
The Slavers. (Reindeer.) 69 U.S. 383 1864 0 United States
Peter v. State 4 Miss. 433 1839 0 Mississippi
Pleasants’ Appeal 77 Pa. 356 1875 0 Pennsylvania
Hansford v. Elliott 9 Leigh 79 1837 0 Virginia
Alfred v. State 6 Ga. 483 1849 0 Slave charged with capital offense Supreme Court of Georgia
Mann v. Mann 1 Johns. Ch. 231 1814 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Powell v. Wragg 13 Ala. 161 1848 0 Right of Property Alabama
Woodson v. Smith 38 Tenn. 276 1858 0 Tennessee