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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Biscoe v. Royston 18 Ark. 508 1857 0 Arkansas
Fairley v. Fairley 34 Miss. 18 1857 0 Mississippi
Spence v. Dodd 19 Ark. 166 1857 0 Arkansas
Fairly v. Thompson 34 Miss. 101 1857 0 Mississippi
Sadler v. Rose 18 Ark. 600 1857 0 Arkansas
Blackburn v. Morton 18 Ark. 384 1857 0 Arkansas
Edwards v. Edwards 30 Ala. 394 1857 0 Alabama
Reed v. Scott 30 Ala. 640 1857 0 Alabama
Bridges v. Maxwell 34 Miss. 309 1857 0 Mississippi
Patterson v. Kirkland 34 Miss. 423 1857 0 Mississippi
Hemphill v. Hemphill 34 Miss. 68 1857 0 Mississippi
Theriet v. Voorhies 12 La. Ann. 852 1857 0 Louisiana
Pickens v. Yarborough 30 Ala. 408 1857 0 Alabama
State v. LeBlond 12 La. Ann. 363 1857 0 Louisiana
Jordan v. Thomas 34 Miss. 72 1857 0 Mississippi
Harris v. Brown 30 Ala. 401 1857 1 Alabama
Raines' Adm'r v. Raines' Creditors 30 Ala. 425 1857 1 Alabama
Hunt v. Knox 34 Miss. 655 1857 0 Mississippi
Succession of Wilson 12 La. Ann. 591 1857 0 Louisiana
Owen v. Brown 12 La. Ann. 172 1857 0 Louisiana