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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Powell v. Cobb 56 N.C. 456 1857 0 North Carolina
Lane v. Bennett 56 N.C. 390 1857 0 North Carolina
Ned v. State 33 Miss. 364 1857 0 Mississippi
McHardy v. Surviving Executor of McHardy 7 Fla. 301 1857 0 Supreme Court of FL
Carmouche v. Carmouche 12 La. Ann. 721 1857 0 Louisiana
Waddell v. Judson 12 La. Ann. 13 1857 0 Louisiana
Hoggatt v. Gibbs 12 La. Ann. 770 1857 0 Louisiana
Warner v. Warner 33 Miss. 547 1857 0 Mississippi
City of New Orleans v. Estate of McArthur 12 La. Ann. 47 1857 0 Louisiana
Lovelady v. Davis 33 Miss. 577 1857 0 Mississippi
Cornish v. Shelton 12 La. Ann. 415 1857 0 Louisiana
Bennett v. Bennett 12 La. Ann. 253 1857 0 Louisiana
Magee v. Catching 33 Miss. 672 1857 0 Mississippi
Mount v. Brown 33 Miss. 566 1857 0 Mississippi
Work v. Glaskins 33 Miss. 539 1857 0 Mississippi
Goss v. Whitehead 33 Miss. 213 1857 0 Mississippi
Sam v. State 33 Miss. 347 1857 0 Mississippi
Wolf v. Wolf 12 La. Ann. 529 1857 0 Louisiana
Alexander v. Alexander 12 La. Ann. 588 1857 0 Louisiana
Simpson v. Mills 12 La. Ann. 173 1857 0 Louisiana