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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dixon v. Thatcher 14 Ark. 141 1854 0 Arkansas
Matthews v. Downs 54 N.C. 331 1854 0 North Carolina
Bird v. Vail 9 La. Ann. 176 1854 0 Louisiana
Rabb v. McKinnie 27 Miss. 98 1854 0 Mississippi
Beck v. Rainey 28 Miss. 111 1854 0 Mississippi
Crosby v. Hawthorn 25 Ala. 221 1854 0 Alabama
Barringer v. Boyd 27 Miss. 473 1854 0 Mississippi
Alabama Life Insurance & Trust Co. v. Pettway 24 Ala. 544 1854 0 Alabama
Jones v. Perkins 54 N.C. 337 1854 0 North Carolina
Hall v. Hall 11 Tex. 526 1854 0 Texas
Skinner v. Wynne 55 N.C. 41 1854 0 North Carolina
Pons v. Hart 5 Fla. 457 1854 0 Supreme Court of FL
McElhaney v. State 24 Ala. 71 1854 0 Alabama
Thomas v. Palmer 54 N.C. 249 1854 0 North Carolina
Prater's Adm'r v. Darby 24 Ala. 496 1854 0 Alabama
Boltze v. State 24 Ala. 89 1854 0 Alabama
Binns v. Stokes 27 Miss. 239 1854 0 Mississippi
Clifton v. Lilley 12 Tex. 130 1854 0 Texas
Malinda v. Gardner 24 Ala. 719 1854 0 Alabama
Avery v. Avery 12 Tex. 54 1854 0 Texas