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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Watson v. Watson 304 Md. 48 1985 1 Maryland
Watson v. Watson 53 Mich. 168 1884 1 Michigan
Watson v. Warnock 31 Ga. 694 1861 1 Georgia
Watson v. Walker 23 N.H. 471 1851 1 New Hampshire
Watson v. Turner 89 Ala. 220 1889 1 Alabama
Watson v. Tool & Nicholson 36 Ala. 13 1860 0 Trespass against sheriff for wrongful levy on enslaved person Alabama
Watson v. Thompson Lumber Co. 49 Ark. 83 1886 1 Arkansas
Watson v. Sutro 86 Cal. 500 1890 1 California
Watson v. Sutherland 1 Tenn. Ch. R. 208 1873 1 Tennessee
Watson v. State 116 Ga. 607 1902 1 Georgia
Watson v. State 66 Ga. App. 242 1941 1 Georgia
Watson v. State 5 Tex. Ct. App. 11 1878 1 Texas
Watson v. State 137 Ga. App. 530 1976 1 Georgia
Watson v. State 227 Ga. 698 1971 1 Georgia
Watson v. State 208 Md. 210 1955 1 Maryland
Watson v. State 2 Mor. St. Cas. 1184 1872 1 Mississippi
Watson v. State 36 Miss. 593 1859 0 Larceny of slaves by white man Mississippi
Watson v. State 199 S.W. 1113 1917 1 Texas
Watson v. Sprott 135 S.C. 362 1925 1 South Carolina
Watson v. Smith 110 N.C. 6 1892 1 North Carolina