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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Holmesly v. Hogue 47 N.C. 391 1855 0 North Carolina
Dyer v. Bean 15 Ark. 519 1855 0 Arkansas
Wilson v. Adams 15 Tex. 323 1855 0 Texas
Long v. Hickingbottom 28 Miss. 772 1855 0 Mississippi
Bivens v. Phifer 47 N.C. 436 1855 0 North Carolina
Bennett v. Cooks 15 Tex. 67 1855 0 Texas
Joslin v. Caughlin 30 Miss. 502 1855 0 Mississippi
Hamilton v. Fowlkes 16 Ark. 340 1855 0 Arkansas
Wynn v. Morris 16 Ark. 414 1855 0 Arkansas
Doe on the demise of Bason v. Holt 47 N.C. 323 1855 0 North Carolina
Edney v. Bryson 47 N.C. 365 1855 0 North Carolina
Merrill v. Melchior 30 Miss. 516 1855 0 Mississippi
Ewing v. Peck 26 Ala. 413 1855 1 Alabama
Cook v. de la Garza 13 Tex. 431 1855 0 Texas
Mobley v. Barnes 26 Ala. 718 1855 0 Alabama
Alabama & Tennessee Rivers Railroad v. Burke 27 Ala. 535 1855 0 Alabama
Johnston v. Overman 55 N.C. 182 1855 0 North Carolina
Cowles v. Rowland 47 N.C. 219 1855 0 North Carolina
Abercrombie's Executor v. Abercrombie's Heirs 27 Ala. 489 1855 0 Alabama
State v. Tom 47 N.C. 414 1855 0 North Carolina