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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wood v. Humphreys 53 Va. 333 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
Rozier v. Holliday 8 Md. 381 1855 0 Maryland
James v. Drake 35 Tenn. 340 1855 0 Tennessee
Shiver v. Brock 55 N.C. 137 1855 0 North Carolina
Madre v. Saunders 48 N.C. 1 1855 0 North Carolina
Brookshire v. Dubose 55 N.C. 276 1855 0 North Carolina
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Kentucky
Hathaway v. Leary 55 N.C. 264 1855 0 North Carolina
Murphy v. Merritt 48 N.C. 37 1855 0 North Carolina
Adams v. Bass 18 Ga. 130 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Dawson v. Callaway 18 Ga. 573 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Cockrell v. Gurley 26 Ala. 405 1855 0 Alabama
Heard v. Heard 18 Ga. 739 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Miller v. Flournoy's Heirs 26 Ala. 724 1855 0 Alabama
Elliott v. Cochran 2 Sneed 468 1855 0 Tennessee
Chamberlain v. Gaillard 26 Ala. 504 1855 0 Alabama
Roussel v. Phipps 10 La. Ann. 119 1855 0 Louisiana
Lebeau v. Trudeau 10 La. Ann. 164 1855 0 Louisiana
Agee v. Williams 27 Ala. 644 1855 0 Alabama
Hays v. Collier 2 Sneed 585 1855 0 Tennessee