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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Herndon v. Givens 16 Ala. 261 1849 1 Alabama
Geron v. Geron 15 Ala. 558 1849 0 Detinue Alabama
Ellis v. Brown 6 Barb. 282 1849 1 New York
Potier & McCoy v. Barclay 15 Ala. 439 1849 1 Alabama
Powell v. Washington 15 Ala. 803 1849 1 Alabama
Bush v. Bradford 15 Ala. 317 1849 1 Alabama
McDaniel v. Whitman 16 Ala. 343 1849 1 Alabama
Corprew v. Arthur 15 Ala. 525 1849 1 Alabama
Tuck v. Boone 8 Gill 187 1849 0 0 Maryland
Lynch v. Baxter 4 Tex. 216 1849 0 Property dispute Texas
Ingram v. Atkinson 4 Tex. 135 1849 0 Recovery for damages Texas
Dobbin v. Bryan 5 Tex. 276 1849 0 Property dispute Texas
Marston v. Carr 16 Ala. 325 1849 1 Alabama
Herbert v. Hanrick 16 Ala. 581 1849 1 Alabama
Jones v. Deyer 16 Ala. 221 1849 1 Alabama
Puryear v. Puryear 16 Ala. 486 1849 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Drayton v. United States 1 Hay. & Haz. 369 1849 1 District of Columbia
Vastbinder v. Spinks 16 Ala. 385 1849 1 Alabama
Aldridge v. Br. Bank 17 Ala. 45 1849 1 Alabama
United States v. The Ohio 27 F. Cas. 218 1849 0 Forfeiture, stowaway United States