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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wootten v. Wootten's Ex'or 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 494 1857 0 Special Ct of Appeals VA
Pool v. Devers 30 Ala. 672 1857 1 Alabama
Weathers v. Patterson 30 Ala. 404 1857 0 Alabama
Houston v. Bibb 50 N.C. 83 1857 0 North Carolina
Chesnutt v. Meares 56 N.C. 416 1857 0 North Carolina
Gamble v. Dabney 20 Tex. 69 1857 1 Texas
Pickens v. Yarborough 30 Ala. 408 1857 0 Alabama
Woodhouse v. McRae 50 N.C. 1 1857 0 North Carolina
Edwards v. Edwards 30 Ala. 394 1857 0 Alabama
Freeman v. Okey 56 N.C. 473 1857 0 North Carolina
Reed v. Scott 30 Ala. 640 1857 0 Alabama
Ned v. State 33 Miss. 364 1857 0 Mississippi
Brooks v. Smith 21 Ga. 261 1857 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Watkins v. Hailey 50 N.C. 27 1857 0 North Carolina
Wynn v. Garland 19 Ark. 23 1857 0 Arkansas
Bogan v. Camp 30 Ala. 276 1857 0 Alabama
Brown v. Goolsby 34 Miss. 437 1857 0 Mississippi
Trammell v. Trammell 20 Tex. 406 1857 0 Texas
Hall v. Robinson 56 N.C. 348 1857 0 North Carolina
Gardner v. Masters 56 N.C. 462 1857 0 North Carolina