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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Latham v. Pledger 11 Tex. 439 1854 0 Texas
Griggsby v. Hair 25 Ala. 327 1854 1 Alabama
Melton v. Watkins 24 Ala. 433 1854 1 Alabama
Bryan v. Weems 25 Ala. 195 1854 0 Alabama
Binns v. Stokes 27 Miss. 239 1854 0 Mississippi
Roach v. Anderson 28 Miss. 234 1854 0 Mississippi
Wheat v. Wheat's Executors 24 Ala. 429 1854 0 Alabama
Cobb v. Norwood 11 Tex. 556 1854 0 Texas
Skinner v. Wynne 55 N.C. 41 1854 0 North Carolina
Jordan v. Stewart 23 Pa. 244 1854 1 Pennsylvania
Pierce v. John 6 Md. 28 1854 0 Maryland
Jones v. Perkins 54 N.C. 337 1854 0 North Carolina
Cantzon's Lessee v. Dorr 27 Miss. 245 1854 0 Mississippi
Salmons v. Roundtree 24 Ala. 458 1854 0 Alabama
State v. Porte 9 La. Ann. 105 1854 0 Louisiana
Johnston v. Dick 27 Miss. 277 1854 0 Mississippi
Lamb v. Pigford 54 N.C. 195 1854 0 North Carolina
Mosely v. Baker 2 Sneed 362 1854 0 Tennessee
Gee v. Gee 2 Sneed 395 1854 0 Tennessee
Shirley v. Shattuck 28 Miss. 13 1854 0 Mississippi