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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Garrison v. Brice 48 N.C. 85 1855 0 North Carolina
Gibson v. Land 27 Ala. 117 1855 0 Alabama
Holloway v. Armstrong 30 Miss. 504 1855 0 Mississippi
Ferguson v. Mason 34 Tenn. 618 1855 0 Tennessee
Shelfer v. Gooding 47 N.C. 175 1855 0 North Carolina
Nixon v. Lindsay 55 N.C. 230 1855 0 North Carolina
Delap v. Delap 55 N.C. 290 1855 0 North Carolina
Morton v. Bradley 27 Ala. 640 1855 0 Alabama
Bellamy v. Sheriff of Jackson County 6 Fla. 62 1855 0 Supreme Court of FL
Russ v. Wingate 30 Miss. 440 1855 0 Mississippi
Chamberlain v. Gaillard 26 Ala. 504 1855 0 Alabama
Sanderson v. Jones 6 Fla. 430 1855 0 Supreme Court of FL
Freeman v. Scurlock 27 Ala. 407 1855 0 Alabama
United States v. Smidth 27 F. Cas. 1131 1855 0 Criminal Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Armstrong's Heirs v. Walkup 53 Va. 608 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
Cormier v. Ryan 10 La. Ann. 688 1855 0 Louisiana
Traun v. Wittick 27 Ala. 570 1855 0 Alabama
Dawson v. Callaway 18 Ga. 573 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Harris v. Bell 27 Ala. 520 1855 0 Alabama
Hill v. Tippett 10 La. Ann. 554 1855 0 Louisiana