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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Marshall v. Gray 39 How. Pr. 172 1870 1 New York
Ayres v. Hull 5 Kan. 419 1870 1 Kansas
Sheldon v. Sherman 42 N.Y. 484 1870 1 New York
Geary v. Simmons 39 Cal. 224 1870 1 California
Home Life Insurance v. Dunn 20 Ohio St. 175 1870 1 Ohio
Wiest v. Garman 9 Del. 119 1870 1 Delaware
Cady v. State 44 Miss. 332 1870 1 Mississippi
Grogan v. State 44 Ala. 9 1870 1 Alabama
De Godey v. Godey 39 Cal. 157 1870 1 California
Jourdan v. Miller 41 Ga. 51 1870 0 Slave Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Cochreham v. Kirkpatrick 48 Tenn. 327 1870 0 Tennessee
Day v. Callow 39 Cal. 593 1870 1 California
Hastings v. White 26 Ark. 308 1870 0 Debt for enslaved persons Arkansas
Floyd v. Herring 64 N.C. 409 1870 1 North Carolina
Brewer v. Baxter 41 Ga. 212 1870 1 Georgia
Pillow v. Brown 26 Ark. 240 1870 0 Contract for sale of enslaved persons Arkansas
Buchanan v. Nixon 26 Ark. 47 1870 0 Debt for enslaved persons Arkansas
Gaulden v. Stoddard 41 Ga. 329 1870 0 Slave debt Supreme Court of Georgia
Dougherty v. Shown 48 Tenn. 302 1870 1 Tennessee
Edwards v. White Line Transit Co. 104 Mass. 159 1870 1 Massachusetts