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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lafferty v. Turley 35 Tenn. 157 1855 1 Tennessee
Clark v. Sisson 11 N.Y. Super. Ct. 408 1855 1 New York
Hurst v. Means 34 Tenn. 546 1855 1 Tennessee
Maskall v. Maskall 35 Tenn. 208 1855 1 Tennessee
Cockrell v. Gurley 26 Ala. 405 1855 0 Alabama
Brookshire v. Dubose 55 N.C. 276 1855 0 North Carolina
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Kentucky
State v. Igo 21 Mo. 459 1855 1 Missouri
Vaccari v. Maxwell 28 F. Cas. 862 1855 1 United States
Gibbons v. Gentry 20 Mo. 468 1855 1 Missouri
Humphreys v. Holtsinger 35 Tenn. 228 1855 1 Tennessee
Flanders v. Jones 30 N.H. 154 1855 1 New Hampshire
Taliaferro v. Pryor 53 Va. 277 1855 1 Virginia
Creswell v. Tabary 10 La. Ann. 396 1855 0 Louisiana
Nesbitt v. McGehee 26 Ala. 748 1855 1 Alabama
Den on dem. of Rogers v. Ratcliff 48 N.C. 225 1855 1 North Carolina
Underwood v. Lacapere 10 La. Ann. 766 1855 0 Louisiana
Bonnafon v. Wiltz 10 La. Ann. 657 1855 0 Louisiana
Prater v. Stinson 26 Ala. 456 1855 1 Alabama
Garrett's Adm'rs v. Garrett 27 Ala. 687 1855 1 Alabama