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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Patton v. Patton 55 N.C. 494 1856 0 North Carolina
Campbell v. Webster 31 Miss. 345 1856 0 Mississippi
Albertson, Douglass & Co. v. Goldsby 28 Ala. 711 1856 0 Alabama
Bowman v. Browning 17 Ark. 599 1856 1 Arkansas
State v. Bass 11 La. Ann. 478 1856 0 Louisiana
McKnight v. Wilson 55 N.C. 491 1856 0 North Carolina
Simpson v. Morris 48 N.C. 411 1856 0 North Carolina
Phillips v. Murphy 49 N.C. 45 1856 0 North Carolina
Gwynn v. Setzer 48 N.C. 382 1856 0 North Carolina
Barnes v. Crandell 11 La. Ann. 119 1856 0 Louisiana
Morrow v. Higgins 29 Ala. 448 1856 1 Alabama
Lockhart v. Cameron 29 Ala. 355 1856 0 Alabama
Peyton v. Richards 11 La. Ann. 62 1856 0 Louisiana
Beatty v. Dufief 11 La. Ann. 74 1856 0 Louisiana
Parker v. McKelvain 17 Tex. 157 1856 0 Texas
Devron v. His Creditors 11 La. Ann. 482 1856 0 Louisiana
Bryan v. Watson 20 Ga. 480 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Gaines v. Ann 17 Tex. 211 1856 0 Texas
Dixon v. Chadwick 11 La. Ann. 215 1856 0 Louisiana
Massey v. Cole 29 Ala. 364 1856 0 Alabama