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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Watkins' Adm'r v. Pemberton 47 N.C. 174 1855 0 North Carolina
Cureton v. Moore 55 N.C. 204 1855 0 North Carolina
Merrill v. Melchior 30 Miss. 516 1855 0 Mississippi
Grimes v. Hoyt 55 N.C. 271 1855 0 North Carolina
Gerkins v. Williams 48 N.C. 11 1855 0 North Carolina
Wiley, Banks & Co. v. Knight 27 Ala. 336 1855 0 Alabama
Trustees of the University of North Carolina v. Maultsby 55 N.C. 241 1855 0 North Carolina
Dunlap v. Hales 47 N.C. 381 1855 0 North Carolina
Reeves v. Edwards 47 N.C. 457 1855 0 North Carolina
Williams v. Crum 27 Ala. 468 1855 0 Alabama
Adams v. Adams 26 Ala. 272 1855 0 Alabama
Traun v. Wittick 27 Ala. 570 1855 0 Alabama
Powell v. State 27 Ala. 51 1855 0 Alabama
Shelfer v. Gooding 47 N.C. 175 1855 0 North Carolina
Russ v. Wingate 30 Miss. 440 1855 0 Mississippi
Fotheree v. Lawrence 30 Miss. 416 1855 0 Mississippi
Gerald v. McKenzie 27 Ala. 166 1855 0 Alabama
Cox v. Rutledge 18 Ga. 294 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Floyd v. Morrow 26 Ala. 353 1855 0 Alabama
Hardesty v. Wormley 10 La. Ann. 239 1855 0 Louisiana