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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Freeman v. Okey 56 N.C. 473 1857 0 North Carolina
Watkins v. Hailey 50 N.C. 27 1857 0 North Carolina
Daniel v. Guy 19 Ark. 121 1857 0 Arkansas
Hall v. Robinson 56 N.C. 348 1857 0 North Carolina
State v. King 12 La. Ann. 593 1857 0 Louisiana
Succession of Plunkett 12 La. Ann. 558 1857 0 Louisiana
Knapp v. Mills 20 Tex. 123 1857 0 Texas
Gardner v. Masters 56 N.C. 462 1857 0 North Carolina
Echols v. Dodd 20 Tex. 190 1857 0 Texas
Hunt v. Knox 34 Miss. 655 1857 0 Mississippi
Bair v. Abrams 12 La. Ann. 753 1857 0 Louisiana
Chaires v. Shepard 7 Fla. 77 1857 0 Supreme Court of FL
Nixon v. Harrell 50 N.C. 76 1857 0 North Carolina
Baucum v. Streater 50 N.C. 70 1857 0 North Carolina
Garrett v. Freeman 50 N.C. 78 1857 0 North Carolina
Chaffin v. Lawrance 50 N.C. 179 1857 0 North Carolina
Bost v. Bost 56 N.C. 484 1857 0 North Carolina
Johnson v. Johnson 56 N.C. 437 1857 0 North Carolina
State v. Stephenson 20 Tex. 151 1857 0 Texas
Meyer v. Fogg 7 Fla. 292 1857 0 Supreme Court of FL