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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Smith v. Pearson 24 Ala. 355 1854 0 Alabama
Biscoe v. Sandefur 14 Ark. 568 1854 0 Arkansas
Stevenson v. Reaves 24 Ala. 425 1854 0 Alabama
Smith v. Smith 6 Md. 496 1854 0 Maryland
Basford v. Mills 6 Md. 385 1854 0 Maryland
Heath v. Gregory 46 N.C. 417 1854 0 North Carolina
Clifton v. Lilley 12 Tex. 130 1854 0 Texas
Rives v. Baptiste 25 Ala. 382 1854 0 Alabama
Dew v. Barnes 54 N.C. 149 1854 0 North Carolina
Rowland v. Partin 54 N.C. 257 1854 0 North Carolina
Anderson v. Arrington 54 N.C. 215 1854 0 North Carolina
State v. Harris 2 Sneed 224 1854 0 Tennessee
Roach v. Anderson 28 Miss. 234 1854 0 Mississippi
Alabama Life Insurance & Trust Co. v. Pettway 24 Ala. 544 1854 0 Alabama
Mosely v. Baker 2 Sneed 362 1854 0 Tennessee
White v. Latimer 12 Tex. 61 1854 0 Texas
Wittick v. Traun 25 Ala. 317 1854 0 Alabama
Porter v. Duglass 27 Miss. 379 1854 0 Mississippi
State v. Wupperman 13 Tex. 33 1854 0 Texas
Shirley v. Shattuck 28 Miss. 13 1854 0 Mississippi