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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Patton v. Porter 48 N.C. 539 1856 0 North Carolina
Cotten v. Davis 48 N.C. 355 1856 0 North Carolina
Kea v. Council 55 N.C. 345 1856 0 North Carolina
Barwick v. Wood 48 N.C. 306 1856 0 North Carolina
Jessup v. Johnston 48 N.C. 335 1856 0 North Carolina
Woods v. Woods 55 N.C. 420 1856 0 North Carolina
Jones v. Gordon 55 N.C. 352 1856 0 North Carolina
Phillips v. Murphy 49 N.C. 45 1856 0 North Carolina
Gwynn v. Setzer 48 N.C. 382 1856 0 North Carolina
Hatton v. Landman 28 Ala. 127 1856 0 Alabama
Parker v. McKelvain 17 Tex. 157 1856 0 Texas
Gaines v. Ann 17 Tex. 211 1856 0 Texas
Reynolds v. Lansford 16 Tex. 286 1856 0 Texas
Sharp v. Maxwell 30 Miss. 589 1856 0 Mississippi
Fairly v. Priest 56 N.C. 21 1856 0 North Carolina
Hubnall v. Watt 11 La. Ann. 57 1856 0 Louisiana
Webb v. Deeson 11 La. Ann. 84 1856 0 Louisiana
Lucas v. D'Armond 11 La. Ann. 168 1856 0 Louisiana
Fitzgerald v. Ferguson 11 La. Ann. 396 1856 0 Louisiana
State v. Taylor 11 La. Ann. 430 1856 0 Louisiana