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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cornish v. Shelton 12 La. Ann. 415 1857 0 Louisiana
Bennett v. Bennett 12 La. Ann. 253 1857 0 Louisiana
Simpson v. Mills 12 La. Ann. 173 1857 0 Louisiana
Succession of Croizet 12 La. Ann. 401 1857 0 Louisiana
Carter v. State 20 Tex. 339 1857 0 Texas
Howze v. Howze 19 Tex. 553 1857 0 Texas
Hemphill v. Hemphill 34 Miss. 68 1857 0 Mississippi
Jordan v. Thomas 34 Miss. 72 1857 0 Mississippi
Richmond v. Delay 34 Miss. 83 1857 0 Mississippi
Heard v. Garrett 34 Miss. 152 1857 0 Mississippi
Nations v. Jones 20 Tex. 300 1857 0 Texas
Allen v. Russell 19 Tex. 87 1857 0 Texas
Hill v. Hardy 34 Miss. 289 1857 0 Mississippi
Harrell v. Harrell 12 La. Ann. 549 1857 0 Louisiana
Hunt v. Knox 34 Miss. 655 1857 0 Mississippi
Mitchell v. Vickers 20 Tex. 377 1857 0 Texas
Trammell v. Trammell 20 Tex. 406 1857 0 Texas
Bridges v. Maxwell 34 Miss. 309 1857 0 Mississippi
Erskine v. Wilson 20 Tex. 77 1857 0 Texas
Williamson v. Downs 34 Miss. 402 1857 0 Mississippi