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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Reed 12 Md. 263 1858 0 Maryland
State v. Payne 1 Swan 383 1852 0 Tennessee
State v. Nutwell 1 Gill 54 1843 0 Maryland
State v. Negro Ben 1 H. & J. 99 1800 0 0 Maryland
State v. McCarn 11 Hum. 494 1851 0 Tennessee
State v. Love 23 Tenn. 255 1843 0 Tennessee
State v. Lasselle 1 Blackf. 60 1820 0 Indiana
State v. Jones 2 Gill 49 1844 0 Maryland
State v. Hickerson 50 Tenn. 375 1872 0 Tennessee
State v. Hawkins 8 Port. 461 1839 0 Indicment for Stealing an Enslaved Person Alabama
State v. Harris 2 Sneed 224 1854 0 Tennessee
State v. Gossage 2 Swan 263 1852 0 Tennessee
State v. Fisher 1 H. & J. 750 1805 0 0 Maryland
State v. Evans 7 G. & J. 290 1835 0 Maryland
State v. Eskridge 1 Swan 413 1852 0 Tennessee
State v. Emmons 2 N.J.L. 11 1806 Recovery for freedom New Jersey
State v. Dorsey 6 Gill 388 1848 0 Maryland
State v. Dent 25 W. Va. 1 1884 0 Maryland
State v. Davidson 42 Tenn. 184 1865 0 Tennessee
State v. Curzy 19 Ind. 430 1862 0 Indiana