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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Mary v. State 5 Mo. 71 1837 0 Missouri
State v. M’Kee 17 S.C.L. 651 1830 0 North Carolina
Cheever v. Brown & Brown 30 Ga. 904 1860 0 recovery for business transaction Georgia
Lucy v. State 8 Mo. 134 1843 0 Missouri
Branch Bank at Mobile v. Taylor 10 Ala. 67 1846 0 Mortgage dispute Alabama
Knight v. Knight 56 N.C. 167 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Nathan v. State 8 Mo. 631 1844 0 Missouri
Peter v. State 12 Miss. 31 1844 0 Mississippi
Jim v. State 23 Tenn. 289 1843 0 Tennessee
John v. State 1 Ala. 95 1840 0 Alabama
Parker v. Carter 4 Munf. 273 1814 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Waddill v. Chamberlayne 1 Jefferson 10 1733 0 Fraud General Ct. of VA
McIntosh v. Hambleton 35 Ga. 94 1866 0 Equity Supreme Court of Georgia
Settle v. Alison 8 Ga. 201 1850 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Jefferson 3 Del. 571 1842 0 Murder trial Delaware
Lasell v. Powell 47 Tenn. 277 1869 0 Tennessee
Sullivant v. State 8 Ark. 400 1848 0 Indictment for rape Arkansas
State v. Rollins 8 N.H. 550 1837 0 Alleged kidnapping New Hampshire
State v. Jefferson 28 N.C. 305 1846 0 Rape North Carolina
Garrison v. Eborn 56 N.C. 228 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina