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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Stone v. Dorsett 18 Tex. 700 1857 0 Texas
Brown, Toler & Phillips v. Hurt & Bro. 31 Ala. 146 1857 0 Alabama
Lovett v. State 19 Tex. 174 1857 0 Texas
Shelby v. Burtis 18 Tex. 644 1857 0 Texas
Burnley v. Rice 18 Tex. 481 1857 0 Texas
Epperson v. Mills 19 Tex. 65 1857 0 Texas
Brown v. Lane 19 Tex. 203 1857 0 Texas
Epperson v. Young 19 Tex. 475 1857 0 Texas
Wall v. Clark 19 Tex. 321 1857 0 Texas
Boatner v. Yarborough 12 La. Ann. 249 1857 1 Louisiana
Cartwright v. Cartwright 18 Tex. 626 1857 0 Texas
Wornell v. Williams 19 Tex. 180 1857 0 Texas
Gamage v. Trawick 19 Tex. 58 1857 0 Texas
Swindall v. Bradley 56 N.C. 353 1857 0 North Carolina
Ex parte Russell 29 Ala. 717 1857 0 Alabama
Burch v. Burch 23 Ga. 536 1857 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Colvard v. Waugh 56 N.C. 335 1857 0 North Carolina
Towner v. Lucas' Ex'or 54 Va. 705 1857 1 Virginia
Cocke v. Rucks 34 Miss. 105 1857 0 Mississippi
Askew v. Nolan 23 Ga. 509 1857 0 Supreme Court of Georgia