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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Suthon v. Castille 12 La. Ann. 889 1857 0 Louisiana
Linton v. Wikoff 12 La. Ann. 880 1857 0 Louisiana
Drake v. Glover 30 Ala. 382 1857 0 Alabama
Scruggs v. Davis 37 Tenn. 261 1857 0 Tennessee
Devane v. Larkins 56 N.C. 377 1857 0 North Carolina
Carradine v. Carradine 33 Miss. 698 1857 0 Mississippi
Alexander v. Kennedy 19 Tex. 488 1857 0 Texas
McGowan v. Laughlan 12 La. Ann. 242 1857 0 Louisiana
Smith v. Johnson 21 Ga. 386 1857 0 Georgia
Ex parte Russell 29 Ala. 717 1857 0 Alabama
Agee v. Williams 30 Ala. 636 1857 0 Alabama
Johns v. Johns 23 Ga. 31 1857 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Elam v. Rawson 21 Ga. 139 1857 0 Georgia
Western & Atlantic R. R. v. Fulton 36 Tenn. 589 1857 0 Tennessee
Mitchell v. Tallapoosa County 30 Ala. 130 1857 0 Alabama
Bowman v. Long 23 Ga. 242 1857 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Holman v. Murdock 34 Miss. 275 1857 0 Mississippi
Lemmon v. People ex rel. Napoleon 26 Barb. 270 1857 0 Civil SC, General Term, New York
Townsend v. Hill 18 Tex. 422 1857 0 Texas
Fatheree v. Lawrence 33 Miss. 585 1857 0 Mississippi