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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. King 12 La. Ann. 593 1857 0 Louisiana
Bass v. Heard 33 Miss. 131 1857 0 Mississippi
Bair v. Abrams 12 La. Ann. 753 1857 0 Louisiana
Olive v. Walton 33 Miss. 103 1857 0 Mississippi
Knight v. Knight 12 La. Ann. 396 1857 0 Louisiana
A. Montan & Bros. v. Whitley 12 La. Ann. 175 1857 0 Louisiana
Rochel v. Berwick 12 La. Ann. 847 1857 0 Louisiana
Fox v. Matthews 33 Miss. 433 1857 0 Mississippi
Hill v. Hardy 34 Miss. 289 1857 0 Mississippi
Bridges v. Maxwell 34 Miss. 309 1857 0 Mississippi
Williamson v. Downs 34 Miss. 402 1857 0 Mississippi
Odom v. Harris 34 Miss. 410 1857 0 Mississippi
Kohlheim v. Harrison 34 Miss. 457 1857 0 Mississippi
Thorpe v. Burroughs 31 Ala. 159 1857 0 Alabama
Lowe v. Brooks 23 Ga. 325 1857 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Johns v. Johns 23 Ga. 31 1857 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Stanton v. Green 34 Miss. 576 1857 0 Mississippi
Dowd v. White 34 Miss. 510 1857 0 Mississippi
Turner's Admrs. v. Herron 34 Miss. 460 1857 0 Mississippi
Crump v. Mitchell 34 Miss. 449 1857 0 Mississippi