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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Walker v. Scott 13 Ark. 644 1853 0 Arkansas
Kennedy v. Beaseley 8 La. Ann. 88 1853 0 Louisiana
Burnett v. Strong 26 Miss. 116 1853 0 Mississippi
Wright v. Bowden 54 N.C. 15 1853 0 North Carolina
Bentley v. Cleaveland 22 Ala. 814 1853 0 Alabama
Jordan v. Fenno 13 Ark. 593 1853 0 Arkansas
Judice v. Kerr 8 La. Ann. 462 1853 0 Louisiana
Henderson v. Henderson 46 N.C. 221 1853 0 North Carolina
Marrow v. Marrow 45 N.C. 148 1853 0 North Carolina
Hamlin v. Mebane 54 N.C. 18 1853 0 North Carolina
Hilliard v. Kearney 45 N.C. 221 1853 0 North Carolina
Gelstrop v. Moore 26 Miss. 206 1853 0 Mississippi
Sample v. Bell 44 N.C. 338 1853 0 North Carolina
State v. Geze 8 La. Ann. 52 1853 0 Louisiana
Shelton v. Baldwin 26 Miss. 439 1853 0 Mississippi
Benton v. Saunders 44 N.C. 360 1853 0 North Carolina
Wilson v. Harris 13 Ark. 559 1853 0 Arkansas
Spruill v. North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance 46 N.C. 126 1853 0 North Carolina
Hudson v. Helmes' Executors 23 Ala. 585 1853 0 Alabama
Trotter v. McCall 26 Miss. 410 1853 0 Mississippi