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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Wade v. American Colonization Society 12 Miss. 670 1845 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Johnston v. Fort 30 Ala. 78 1857 0 Will & trust Alabama
Weathersey v. Weathersby 21 Miss. 685 1850 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Lee v. Mathews 10 Ala. 682 1846 0 Will & trust Alabama
Sorell v. Sorell 5 Ala. 576 1843 0 Will & trust Alabama
Shearer v. Loftin 26 Ala. 703 1855 0 Will & trust Alabama
Felder v. Davis 17 Ala. 418 1850 0 Will & trust Alabama
Millsap v. Stanley 50 Ala. 319 1874 0 Will & trust Alabama
Taylor v. Stone 21 Miss. 652 1850 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Rembert v. Brown 14 Ala. 360 1848 0 Will & trust Alabama
Toulmin v. Hamilton 7 Ala. 362 1845 0 Will & trust Alabama
Meador v. Sorsby 2 Ala. 712 1841 0 Will & trust Alabama
Wray v. Wray 33 Ala. 187 1858 0 Will & trust Alabama
Gilpin v. Smith 19 Miss. 109 1848 0 Will & trust Mississippi
May v. Barnard 20 Ala. 200 1852 0 Will & trust Alabama
Walker v. Walker 17 Ala. 396 1850 0 Will & trust Alabama
King v. Cooper 1 Miss. 359 1829 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Hill v. Barge 12 Ala. 687 1848 0 Will & trust Alabama
Johnson v. Culbreath 19 Ala. 348 1851 0 Will & trust Alabama
Julian v. Reynolds 11 Ala. 960 1847 0 Will & trust Alabama