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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Alabama & Tennessee Rivers Railroad v. Burke 27 Ala. 535 1855 0 Alabama
Rowan v. Hutchisson 27 Ala. 328 1855 0 Alabama
Thomas v. Henderson 27 Ala. 523 1855 0 Alabama
State v. Williams 47 N.C. 194 1855 0 North Carolina
Cameron v. Cameron 29 Miss. 112 1855 0 Mississippi
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
Kelly’s Heirs v. McGuire 15 Ark. 555 1855 0 Arkansas
Freeman v. Dwiggins 55 N.C. 162 1855 0 North Carolina
Adams v. Bass 18 Ga. 130 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Hamilton v. Rogers 8 Md. 301 1855 0 Maryland
Weatherly v. Miller 47 N.C. 166 1855 0 North Carolina
Wellborn v. Weaver 17 Ga. 267 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Montgomery's Executors v. Kirksey 26 Ala. 172 1855 0 Alabama
Wolf v. Lowry 10 La. Ann. 272 1855 0 Louisiana
Smith v. Turrentine 55 N.C. 253 1855 0 North Carolina
Nelson v. Bondurant 26 Ala. 341 1855 0 Alabama
Murphy v. Merritt 48 N.C. 37 1855 0 North Carolina
Frank v. State 27 Ala. 37 1855 0 Alabama