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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Nailing v. Nailing 34 Tenn. 630 1855 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Grosjean 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 109 1855 0 Special Ct of Appeals VA
Wood v. Ford 29 Miss. 57 1855 0 Mississippi
Cameron v. Cameron 29 Miss. 112 1855 0 Mississippi
Murphy v. Barefield 27 Ala. 634 1855 0 Alabama
Thomas v. De Graffenreid 27 Ala. 651 1855 0 Alabama
Harrington v. Moore 48 N.C. 56 1855 0 North Carolina
State v. Williams 47 N.C. 194 1855 0 North Carolina
Smith v. Dunn 27 Ala. 315 1855 0 Alabama
Hamilton v. Fowlkes 16 Ark. 340 1855 0 Arkansas
Fenner v. Kirkman 26 Ala. 650 1855 0 Alabama
Elliott v. Cochran 2 Sneed 468 1855 0 Tennessee
Snider v. Greathouse 16 Ark. 72 1855 0 Arkansas
Hays v. Collier 2 Sneed 585 1855 0 Tennessee
Love v. Crook 27 Ala. 624 1855 0 Alabama
Wood v. Humphreys 53 Va. 333 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
Webb v. Weeks 48 N.C. 279 1855 0 North Carolina
Brister v. State 26 Ala. 107 1855 0 Alabama
Traun v. Wittick 27 Ala. 570 1855 0 Alabama
Kelly’s Heirs v. McGuire 15 Ark. 555 1855 0 Arkansas