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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wootten v. Wootten's Ex'or 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 494 1857 0 Special Ct of Appeals VA
Duval v. Malone 55 Va. 24 1857 0 SC of Appeals VA
State v. Wright 49 N.C. 308 1857 0 North Carolina
State v. Hopkins 49 N.C. 305 1857 0 North Carolina
Lea v. Brown 56 N.C. 141 1857 0 North Carolina
Epperson v. Young 19 Tex. 475 1857 0 Texas
Wall v. Clark 19 Tex. 321 1857 0 Texas
Wornell v. Williams 19 Tex. 180 1857 0 Texas
Gamage v. Trawick 19 Tex. 58 1857 0 Texas
Houston v. Moore 49 N.C. 522 1857 0 North Carolina
Howze v. Howze 19 Tex. 553 1857 0 Texas
Shearman's Adm'r v. Hicks 55 Va. 96 1857 0 SC of Appeals VA
Barclay v. Sewell 12 La. Ann. 262 1857 0 Louisiana
Cummins v. Rice 19 Tex. 225 1857 0 Texas
Shipp v. Wheeless 33 Miss. 646 1857 0 Mississippi
Bourgeat v. Dumoulin 12 La. Ann. 204 1857 0 Louisiana
Hooper v. Moore 50 N.C. 130 1857 0 North Carolina
Howell v. Johnston 49 N.C. 502 1857 0 North Carolina
Wright v. Smith 19 Tex. 297 1857 0 Texas
Evans v. King 56 N.C. 387 1857 0 North Carolina