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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cole v. Ensor 3 Md. 446 1853 0 Maryland
State ex rel. Clements v. Van Lear 5 Md. 91 1853 0 Maryland
Heirs of Bryan v. Dennis 4 Fla. 445 1852 0 The Freedom of Manumitted Slaves Supreme Court of FL
Adams v. State 1 Swan 466 1852 0 Tennessee
Loftus v. Penn 1 Swan 445 1852 0 Tennessee
Bennett v. State 1 Swan 411 1852 0 Tennessee
Etheridge v. Edwards 31 Tenn. 426 1852 0 Tennessee
Cawthon v. Coppedge 1 Swan 487 1852 0 Tennessee
Foster v. Jordan 2 Swan 476 1852 0 Tennessee
Morgan v. Winston 2 Swan 472 1852 0 Tennessee
Burke v. Clarke 2 Swan 310 1852 0 Tennessee
Buel v. Pumphrey 2 Md. 261 1852 0 Maryland
Ward v. Saunders 2 Swan 174 1852 0 Tennessee
Hanson v. Brawner 2 Md. 90 1852 0 Maryland
Barnes v. White 32 Tenn. 442 1852 0 Tennessee
State v. Gossage 2 Swan 263 1852 0 Tennessee
Lockwood v. Nye 2 Swan 515 1852 0 Tennessee
Donnell v. State 3 Ind. 480 1852 1 Indiana
McKinney v. Clarke 2 Swan 321 1852 0 Tennessee
Walls' adm'r v. Ward 2 Swan 648 1852 0 Tennessee