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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Watkins v. Adams 32 Miss. 333 1856 0 Mississippi
Andrews v. Brumfield 32 Miss. 107 1856 0 Mississippi
Ex parte Banks 28 Ala. 28 1856 1 Alabama
Branch Bank v. Windham 31 Miss. 317 1856 1 Mississippi
Shaw v. White 28 Ala. 637 1856 1 Alabama
Parker v. McKelvain 17 Tex. 157 1856 0 Texas
Gaines v. Ann 17 Tex. 211 1856 0 Texas
Lambert v. King 12 La. Ann. 662 1856 0 Louisiana
Finch v. Ives 24 Conn. 387 1856 1 Connecticut
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
Tifield v. Adams 3 Iowa 487 1856 1 Iowa
Jones v. Gordon 55 N.C. 352 1856 0 North Carolina
Patton v. Patton 55 N.C. 494 1856 0 North Carolina
Kent v. Bottoms 56 N.C. 69 1856 0 North Carolina
Andrews v. Andrews 28 Ala. 432 1856 0 Alabama
Van Vacter v. M'Willie 31 Miss. 563 1856 0 Mississippi
McKnight v. Wilson 55 N.C. 491 1856 0 North Carolina
Reese v. Kirk 29 Ala. 406 1856 1 Alabama