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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Adams v. Adams 26 Ala. 272 1855 0 Alabama
Murphy v. State 28 Miss. 637 1855 0 Mississippi
Powell v. State 27 Ala. 51 1855 0 Alabama
Williams v. Crum 27 Ala. 468 1855 0 Alabama
Miller v. Flournoy's Heirs 26 Ala. 724 1855 0 Alabama
Smith v. Dunn 27 Ala. 315 1855 0 Alabama
Couch v. Anderson 26 Ala. 676 1855 0 Alabama
Moore v. Brooks 53 Va. 135 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
Harris v. Hillman 26 Ala. 380 1855 0 Alabama
Mobley v. Barnes 26 Ala. 718 1855 0 Alabama
Abercrombie's Executor v. Abercrombie's Heirs 27 Ala. 489 1855 0 Alabama
Cockrell v. Gurley 26 Ala. 405 1855 0 Alabama
Murphy v. Merritt 48 N.C. 37 1855 0 North Carolina
Hathaway v. Leary 55 N.C. 264 1855 0 North Carolina
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Kentucky
Harris v. McLaran 30 Miss. 533 1855 0 Mississippi
Passmore Williamson's Case 26 Pa. 9 1855 0 Civil SC of PA.
Cason v. Robson 29 Miss. 97 1855 0 Mississippi
McComb v. Gilkey 29 Miss. 146 1855 0 Mississippi
Smith v. Grosjean 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 109 1855 0 Special Ct of Appeals VA