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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Townshend v. Townshend 9 Gill 506 1851 0 Maryland
Hurt v. State 19 Ala. 19 1851 0 Alabama
Waters v. Dashiell 1 Md. 455 1851 0 Maryland
McChesney v. Bruce 1 Md. 344 1851 0 Maryland
Main v. Alexander 9 Ark. 112 1848 0 Arkansas
Dillard v. Scruggs 36 Ala. 670 1860 0 Alabama
Newman v. Baer 50 La. Ann. 323 1897 0 Louisiana
Clements v. Smith 9 Gill 156 1850 0 Maryland
Forbes v. Forbes 5 Gill 29 1847 0 Maryland
State ex rel. Savary v. Caroline 20 Ala. 19 1852 0 Alabama
Brooke v. Waring 7 Gill 5 1848 0 Maryland
Alexander v. Ghiselin 5 Gill 138 1847 0 Maryland
Garner v. Smith 7 Gill 1 1848 0 Maryland
Richards v. Swan 7 Gill 366 1848 0 Maryland
Franklin v. Waters 8 Gill 322 1849 0 Maryland
Anderson v. Hammond 5 Gill 461 1847 0 Maryland
Gunter v. Leckey 30 Ala. 591 1857 0 Alabama
Waters v. Howard 8 Gill 262 1849 0 Maryland
Dail v. Traverse 8 Gill 41 1849 0 Maryland
McEwen v. Troost 33 Tenn. 186 1853 0 Tennessee