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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dabbs v. Dabbs 27 Ala. 646 1855 0 Alabama
Doe on demise of Drake v. Merrill 47 N.C. 368 1855 0 North Carolina
Nix v. State 13 Tex. 575 1855 1 Texas
Edney v. Bryson 47 N.C. 365 1855 0 North Carolina
Jenkins v. McConico 26 Ala. 213 1855 0 Alabama
Cowles v. Rowland 47 N.C. 219 1855 0 North Carolina
Brock v. King 47 N.C. 302 1855 0 North Carolina
Stimpson v. Fries 55 N.C. 156 1855 0 North Carolina
Foulkes v. Foulkes 55 N.C. 260 1855 0 North Carolina
Parish v. Merritt 48 N.C. 38 1855 0 North Carolina
Pilkington v. Cotten 55 N.C. 238 1855 0 North Carolina
Matthis v. Matthis 48 N.C. 132 1855 0 North Carolina
Moye v. Beaman 48 N.C. 140 1855 0 North Carolina
Mayo v. James 53 Va. 17 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
Snoddy v. Haskins 53 Va. 363 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
William & Mary College v. Powell 53 Va. 372 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
Johnson v. Commonwealth 53 Va. 714 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
Taylor v. Cullins 53 Va. 394 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
Nixon v. Rose 53 Va. 425 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
Unis v. Charlton's Adm'r 53 Va. 484 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA