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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Knight v. Oliver 53 Va. 33 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
Coffee v. Silvan 15 Tex. 354 1855 1 Texas
Cocke v. Commonwealth 54 Va. 750 1855 1 Virginia
Hitch v. Davis 8 Md. 524 1855 1 Maryland
Basford v. Parran 8 Md. 360 1855 1 Maryland
Turner v. Campbell 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 256 1855 1 Virginia
Hutcheson v. Priddy 53 Va. 85 1855 1 Virginia
Feigley v. Feigley 7 Md. 537 1855 1 Maryland
Montgomery v. Rose 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 5 1855 1 Virginia
Beatie v. Butler 21 Mo. 313 1855 1 Missouri
Reigle v. Leiter 8 Md. 405 1855 1 Maryland
Dilworth v. Commonwealth 53 Va. 689 1855 1 Virginia
Owen v. Slatter 26 Ala. 547 1855 1 Alabama
Nesbitt v. McGehee 26 Ala. 748 1855 1 Alabama
Latterett v. Cook 1 Iowa 1 1855 1 Iowa
Gautreaux v. Boote 10 La. Ann. 137 1855 1 Louisiana
Passmore Williamson's Case 26 Pa. 9 1855 0 Civil SC of PA.
Stanley v. State 26 Ala. 26 1855 1 Alabama
Beard v. Dennis 6 Ind. 200 1855 1 Indiana
Reese v. Harris 27 Ala. 301 1855 0 Alabama