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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Bigelow v. Young 30 Ga. 121 1860 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Riley v. Watson 18 Ind. 291 1862 0 Indiana
Anderson v. Hammond 5 Gill 461 1847 0 Maryland
Williams v. Bramble 2 Md. 313 1852 0 Maryland
Plater v. Groome 3 Md. 134 1852 0 Maryland
Graham v. Graham 4 W. Va. 320 1870 0 West Virginia
Matthews v. Dunbar 3 W. Va. 138 1869 0 West Virginia
Ringgold v. Barley 5 Md. 186 1853 0 Maryland
Crane v. Gough 4 Md. 316 1853 0 Maryland
Glenn v. Chesapeake Bank 3 Md. 475 1853 0 Maryland
Hines v. State 26 Ga. 614 1859 0 Indictment for selling liquor to slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Parker v. Clarkson 4 W. Va. 407 1870 0 West Virginia
Clements v. Smith 9 Gill 156 1850 0 Maryland
Lark v. Linstead 2 Md. 420 1852 0 Maryland
Richards v. Swan 7 Gill 366 1848 0 Maryland
Mathews v. Wade 2 W. Va. 464 1868 0 West Virginia
Waters v. Dashiell 1 Md. 455 1851 0 Maryland
Townshend v. Townshend 6 Md. 295 1854 0 Maryland
McEwen v. Troost 33 Tenn. 186 1853 0 Tennessee
Beacroft v. Strawn 67 Ill. 28 1873 0 Illinois