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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Harper v. Bibb 34 Miss. 472 1857 1 Mississippi
Hamilton v. Avery 20 Tex. 612 1857 1 Texas
James v. Carper 36 Tenn. 397 1857 0 Tennessee
Lawrence v. Burris 12 La. Ann. 843 1857 1 Louisiana
Gass v. Mason 36 Tenn. 497 1857 0 Tennessee
Blevins v. Alexander 36 Tenn. 583 1857 0 Tennessee
Scott v. State 30 Ala. 503 1857 0 Alabama
Allison v. Allison 56 N.C. 236 1857 0 North Carolina
Jones v. Blalock 31 Ala. 180 1857 0 Alabama
Cronin v. Gay 20 Tex. 460 1857 0 Texas
Blair v. Reid 20 Tex. 310 1857 0 Texas
Turner v. Smith 12 La. Ann. 417 1857 0 Louisiana
Alexander v. Kennedy 19 Tex. 488 1857 0 Texas
Voorhies v. DeBlanc 12 La. Ann. 864 1857 0 Louisiana
Waring v. Edmonds 11 Md. 424 1857 0 Maryland
Wilson v. Hendry 12 La. Ann. 244 1857 0 Louisiana
Tomlinson v. Roberts 25 Conn. 477 1857 1 Connecticut
Lemmon v. People ex rel. Napoleon 26 Barb. 270 1857 0 Civil SC, General Term, New York
Knox v. Thompson 12 La. Ann. 114 1857 0 Louisiana
Succession of Boatwright 12 La. Ann. 893 1857 1 Louisiana