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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cotten v. Blocker 6 Fla. 1 1855 0 Supreme Court of FL
Shaw v. Reneau 10 La. Ann. 190 1855 0 Louisiana
Miller v. Saunders 18 Ga. 492 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Doe on the demise of Bason v. Holt 47 N.C. 323 1855 0 North Carolina
Newman v. Elam 30 Miss. 507 1855 0 Mississippi
Wallis v. Beauchamp 15 Tex. 303 1855 0 Texas
Grimes v. Hoyt 55 N.C. 271 1855 0 North Carolina
Bennett v. Cooks 15 Tex. 67 1855 0 Texas
State v. Barrow 14 Tex. 179 1855 0 Texas
Snodgrass v. Andrews 30 Miss. 472 1855 0 Mississippi
Shearer v. Loftin 26 Ala. 703 1855 0 Alabama
Gerkins v. Williams 48 N.C. 11 1855 0 North Carolina
Hall v. Murphy 14 Tex. 637 1855 0 Texas
Ross v. Lister 14 Tex. 469 1855 0 Texas
Allen v. State 14 Tex. 633 1855 0 Texas
Ela v. Smith 71 Mass. 121 1855 0 Civil Massachusetts
Harmon v. Ryan 10 La. Ann. 661 1855 0 Louisiana
Trustees of the University of North Carolina v. Maultsby 55 N.C. 241 1855 0 North Carolina
Reeves v. Edwards 47 N.C. 457 1855 0 North Carolina
Hart v. Powell 18 Ga. 635 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia