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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hardy v. Hardy's Heirs 26 Ala. 524 1855 0 Alabama
Virginia v. Himel 10 La. Ann. 185 1855 0 Louisiana
Young v. Egan 10 La. Ann. 415 1855 0 Louisiana
Edwards v. Smith 10 La. Ann. 536 1855 0 Louisiana
Murphy v. Executor of Cook 10 La. Ann. 572 1855 0 Louisiana
Leonora v. Scott 10 La. Ann. 651 1855 0 Louisiana
Osborne v. Taylor's Adm'r 53 Va. 117 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
Jason v. Henderson 7 Md. 430 1855 0 Maryland
Lewis v. Peets 10 La. Ann. 489 1855 0 Louisiana
Parker v. Leathers 55 N.C. 249 1855 0 North Carolina
Cotten v. Blocker 6 Fla. 1 1855 0 Supreme Court of FL
Doe on the demise of Bason v. Holt 47 N.C. 323 1855 0 North Carolina
Grimes v. Hoyt 55 N.C. 271 1855 0 North Carolina
Reeves v. Edwards 47 N.C. 457 1855 0 North Carolina
Cureton v. Moore 55 N.C. 204 1855 0 North Carolina
Holmesly v. Hogue 47 N.C. 391 1855 0 North Carolina
Reeves v. Cox 47 N.C. 465 1855 0 North Carolina
Tooley v. Lucas 48 N.C. 146 1855 0 North Carolina
Woolfolk v. Beatly 18 Ga. 520 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Booth v. Terrell 18 Ga. 570 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia