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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Byrne v. Anderson 8 La. Ann. 139 1853 0 Louisiana
A. & J. Dennistoun & Co. v. Potts 26 Miss. 13 1853 0 Mississippi
Gelstrop v. Moore 26 Miss. 206 1853 0 Mississippi
Alvany v. Powell 54 N.C. 35 1853 0 North Carolina
Wilson v. Allen 54 N.C. 24 1853 0 North Carolina
Nichols v. Bell 46 N.C. 32 1853 0 North Carolina
Forbes v. Hunter 46 N.C. 231 1853 0 North Carolina
Thigpen v. Pitt 54 N.C. 49 1853 0 North Carolina
State v. Houser 44 N.C. 410 1853 0 North Carolina
Green v. Allen 44 N.C. 228 1853 0 North Carolina
State v. Groves 44 N.C. 191 1853 0 North Carolina
Joyner v. Denny 45 N.C. 176 1853 0 North Carolina
McKay v. Flowers 44 N.C. 211 1853 0 North Carolina
Doe ex dem. Boyd v. Latham 44 N.C. 365 1853 0 North Carolina
Audige v. Gaillard 8 La. Ann. 71 1853 0 Louisiana
Shelton v. Baldwin 26 Miss. 439 1853 0 Mississippi
Seay v. Marks 23 Ala. 532 1853 0 Alabama
Coster's Ex'rs v. Bank of Georgia 24 Ala. 37 1853 0 Alabama
Doe ex dem. Shackelford v. Planters' & Merchants' Bank of Mobile 22 Ala. 238 1853 0 Alabama
Refeld v. Bellette 14 Ark. 148 1853 0 Arkansas