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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
West v. Sloan 56 N.C. 102 1856 0 North Carolina
McKinley v. Scott 49 N.C. 197 1856 0 North Carolina
State v. Burk 49 N.C. 7 1856 0 North Carolina
Brown v. Brown 49 N.C. 123 1856 0 North Carolina
Perry v. Yarbrough 56 N.C. 66 1856 0 North Carolina
Green v. Kornegay 49 N.C. 66 1856 0 North Carolina
Dick v. State 30 Miss. 593 1856 0 Mississippi
Taylor v. Dawson 56 N.C. 86 1856 0 North Carolina
Powell v. Cobb 56 N.C. 1 1856 0 North Carolina
Walker v. Smith 28 Ala. 569 1856 0 Alabama
Kendrick v. Rice 16 Tex. 254 1856 0 Texas
Patton v. Porter 48 N.C. 539 1856 0 North Carolina
Claiborne v. Tanner 18 Tex. 68 1856 0 Texas
Ashley's Adm'r v. Robinson 29 Ala. 112 1856 0 Alabama
Cotten v. Davis 48 N.C. 355 1856 0 North Carolina
Clemmons v. Drew 55 N.C. 314 1856 0 North Carolina
Shackelford v. Newbill 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 232 1856 0 Special Ct of Appeals VA
Kea v. Council 55 N.C. 345 1856 0 North Carolina
Anthony v. State 29 Ala. 27 1856 0 Alabama
Barwick v. Wood 48 N.C. 306 1856 0 North Carolina