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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Woods v. Woods 55 N.C. 420 1856 0 North Carolina
Jessup v. Johnston 48 N.C. 335 1856 0 North Carolina
Barwick v. Wood 48 N.C. 306 1856 0 North Carolina
Scranton v. Tilley 16 Tex. 183 1856 0 Texas
Raney v. Heath 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 206 1856 0 Special Ct of Appeals VA
Shackelford v. Newbill 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 232 1856 0 Special Ct of Appeals VA
Kea v. Council 55 N.C. 345 1856 0 North Carolina
Travis v. Morrison 28 Ala. 494 1856 0 Alabama
Forbes v. Forbes 11 La. Ann. 326 1856 0 Louisiana
Janney's Ex'or v. Stephen's Adm'r 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 11 1856 0 Special Ct of Appeals VA
Clemmons v. Drew 55 N.C. 314 1856 0 North Carolina
Cotten v. Davis 48 N.C. 355 1856 0 North Carolina
Patton v. Porter 48 N.C. 539 1856 0 North Carolina
Christian v. Yancey 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 240 1856 0 Special Ct of Appeals VA
Taylor v. Dawson 56 N.C. 86 1856 0 North Carolina
Chapman v. Campbell 54 Va. 105 1856 0 SC of Appeals VA
Green v. Kornegay 49 N.C. 66 1856 0 North Carolina
Perry v. Yarbrough 56 N.C. 66 1856 0 North Carolina
Brown v. Brown 49 N.C. 123 1856 0 North Carolina
State v. Burk 49 N.C. 7 1856 0 North Carolina