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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Maiben v. Bobe 6 Fla. 381 1855 0 Supreme Court of FL
Taylor v. Buchan 16 Ga. 541 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Hampton v. Hampton 18 Ga. 513 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Young v. Egan 10 La. Ann. 415 1855 0 Louisiana
Davie v. Stevens 10 La. Ann. 496 1855 0 Louisiana
Moran v. Davis 18 Ga. 722 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Edwards v. Smith 10 La. Ann. 536 1855 0 Louisiana
Dabbs v. Dabbs 27 Ala. 646 1855 0 Alabama
Harkness v. Sears 26 Ala. 493 1855 1 Alabama
Wells v. Roach 10 La. Ann. 543 1855 0 Louisiana
State v. Thompson 10 La. Ann. 122 1855 0 Louisiana
Gaw v. Huffman 53 Va. 628 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lunsford v. Smith 53 Va. 554 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
Murphy v. Executor of Cook 10 La. Ann. 572 1855 0 Louisiana
Wyatt's Adm'r v. Steele 26 Ala. 639 1855 0 Alabama
Ratcliff v. Polly 53 Va. 528 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
The Larch 14 F. Cas. 1142 1855 0 Civil District Court, D. Maine
Clarke v. Porter 25 Pa. 141 1855 1 Pennsylvania
Garner & Neville v. Myrick 30 Miss. 448 1855 1 Mississippi
Poorman v. Kilgore 26 Pa. 365 1855 1 Pennsylvania