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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Indictment for harboring slave Ohio
Doyal v. Smith 28 Ga. 262 1859 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Bob v. State 26 Tenn. 129 1846 0 Tennessee
Topp v. White 59 Tenn. 165 1873 0 Tennessee
Chambers v. People 5 Ill. 351 1843 0 Illinois
Cross v. Bloomer 65 Tenn. 74 1873 0 Tennessee
Hughes v. Cannon 21 Tenn. 589 1841 0 Tennessee
Troup v. Hart 66 Tenn. 188 1874 0 Tennessee
Davis v. Bawcum 57 Tenn. 406 1873 0 Tennessee
Head v. Temple 51 Tenn. 34 1871 0 Tennessee
Porter v. Porter 22 Tenn. 586 1842 0 Tennessee
Hanson v. Brawner 2 Md. 90 1852 0 Maryland
Satterfield v. Mayes 30 Tenn. 58 1850 0 Tennessee
Buel v. Pumphrey 2 Md. 261 1852 0 Maryland
Middlebrook v. Nelson 34 Ga. 506 1866 0 Contract issue Supreme Court of Georgia
Bedford v. Williams 45 Tenn. 202 1867 0 Tennessee
Wheless v. Espy 47 Tenn. 237 1869 0 Tennessee
State ex rel. Thomas v. Mosely 47 Tenn. 576 1870 0 Tennessee
James v. Scott 9 Ala. 579 1846 0 Detinue Alabama
In re Hannah 2 Del. 365 1838 0 Order of funeral payment for a former enslaved person by the descendant's of the deceased previous owner Delaware