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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Griffith v. Frellsen 11 La. Ann. 163 1856 0 Louisiana
Harriet v. Swan 18 Ark. 495 1857 0 Arkansas
Lovett v. State 19 Tex. 174 1857 0 Texas
Booty v. Brazier 22 Ga. 20 1857 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Becton v. Becton 56 N.C. 419 1857 0 North Carolina
Henderson v. Renfro 31 Ala. 101 1857 0 Alabama
Shelby v. Burtis 18 Tex. 644 1857 0 Texas
Epperson v. Mills 19 Tex. 65 1857 0 Texas
Brown v. Lane 19 Tex. 203 1857 0 Texas
Porche v. LeBlanc 12 La. Ann. 778 1857 0 Louisiana
Burnley v. Rice 18 Tex. 481 1857 0 Texas
Boyd v. Beck 29 Ala. 703 1857 0 Alabama
Thorpe v. Burroughs 31 Ala. 159 1857 0 Alabama
Houston v. Bibb 50 N.C. 83 1857 0 North Carolina
The Merchant 17 F. Cas. 36 1857 0 Civil Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Bullock v. Ferguson 30 Ala. 227 1857 0 Alabama
Cartwright v. Cartwright 18 Tex. 626 1857 0 Texas
Andrews v. Huckabee's Adm'r 30 Ala. 143 1857 0 Alabama
Chesnutt v. Meares 56 N.C. 416 1857 0 North Carolina
Woodhouse v. McRae 50 N.C. 1 1857 0 North Carolina