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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Shelby v. Burtis 18 Tex. 644 1857 0 Texas
Burnley v. Rice 18 Tex. 481 1857 0 Texas
Gibson v. Marquis 29 Ala. 668 1857 0 Alabama
Cartwright v. Cartwright 18 Tex. 626 1857 0 Texas
Wright v. Smith 19 Tex. 297 1857 0 Texas
Howze v. Howze 19 Tex. 553 1857 0 Texas
Gamage v. Trawick 19 Tex. 58 1857 0 Texas
Weathers v. Patterson 30 Ala. 404 1857 0 Alabama
Arline v. Miller 22 Ga. 330 1857 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Chaffin v. Lawrance 50 N.C. 179 1857 0 North Carolina
Fairly v. Thompson 34 Miss. 101 1857 0 Mississippi
Fairley v. Fairley 34 Miss. 18 1857 0 Mississippi
Nixon v. Harrell 50 N.C. 76 1857 0 North Carolina
Gardner v. Masters 56 N.C. 462 1857 0 North Carolina
Hall v. Robinson 56 N.C. 348 1857 0 North Carolina
Watkins v. Hailey 50 N.C. 27 1857 0 North Carolina
Freeman v. Okey 56 N.C. 473 1857 0 North Carolina
Woodhouse v. McRae 50 N.C. 1 1857 0 North Carolina
Chesnutt v. Meares 56 N.C. 416 1857 0 North Carolina
Shirley v. Fearne 33 Miss. 653 1857 0 Mississippi