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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Fontaine v. Gunter 31 Ala. 258 1857 1 Alabama
Pinckston v. Brown 56 N.C. 494 1857 0 North Carolina
Simpson v. Houston 56 N.C. 487 1857 0 North Carolina
Young v. Leaird 30 Ala. 371 1857 0 Alabama
Wittick v. Traun 31 Ala. 203 1857 1 Alabama
Bridges v. Wilkins 56 N.C. 342 1857 0 North Carolina
Everton v. Everton 50 N.C. 202 1857 0 North Carolina
Chambliss v. Smith 30 Ala. 366 1857 1 Alabama
Peters v. Cunningham 10 Md. 554 1857 1 Maryland
Sims v. Thompson 30 Ala. 158 1857 1 Alabama
Sanford v. Howard 29 Ala. 684 1857 1 Alabama
McBryde's Heirs v. Wilkinson 29 Ala. 662 1857 1 Alabama
Lyon v. Hays' Adm'r 30 Ala. 430 1857 1 Alabama
Taylor v. Mygatt 26 Conn. 184 1857 1 Connecticut
Johnson v. Powell 30 Ala. 113 1857 1 Alabama
Smith v. Gaffard 31 Ala. 45 1857 1 Alabama
Poe v. Davis 29 Ala. 676 1857 1 Alabama
Linn v. Wright 18 Tex. 317 1857 1 Texas
Gardner v. Boothe 31 Ala. 186 1857 0 Alabama
Robbins v. Harrison 31 Ala. 160 1857 1 Alabama