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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Bell v. Cummings 35 Tenn. 275 1855 0 Tennessee
McGovern v. City of New York 234 N.Y. 377 1923 1 New York
Whiting v. Hudson Trust Co. 234 N.Y. 394 1923 1 New York
In re the Probate of the Will of Poonarian 234 N.Y. 329 1922 1 New York
State v. Hill 39 Or. 90 1901 1 Oregon
Carter v. Atlantic Coast Line Railway Co. 109 S.C. 119 1918 1 South Carolina
Brezeale v. Roach 109 S.C. 11 1918 1 South Carolina
Riley v. Lewis 110 S.C. 375 1918 1 South Carolina
Oliver v. City of Richmond 165 Va. 538 1935 1 Virginia
Brown v. American Finance Co. 19 Abb. N. Cas. 305 1887 1 United States
Bittinger v. Baker 29 Pa. 66 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Hartell v. Searcy 32 Ga. 190 1861 0 Supreme Courrt of Georgia
Harris v. Taylor 35 Tenn. 536 1856 0 Tennessee
Steele ex rel. Milroy v. Farber 37 Mo. 71 1865 1 Missouri
Jones v. Hill 64 N.C. 198 1870 1 North Carolina
Stumph v. Bigham 1 Wilson 367 1873 1 Indiana
Travis Co. v. Mayes 160 Fla. 375 1948 1 Florida
State ex rel. Bie v. Swope 159 Fla. 18 1947 1 Florida
In re Bazinet's Estate 17 Fla. Supp. 81 1960 1 Florida
Commonwealth v. Chapman 65 Mass. 422 1853 1 Massachusetts