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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Clingan v. Mitcheltree 31 Pa. 25 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Watkins v. Hopkins' Ex'or 54 Va. 743 1857 1 Virginia
Hudgins v. Kemp 61 U.S. 45 1857 1 United States
Green v. State 19 Ark. 178 1857 1 Arkansas
Polk v. Buchanan 37 Tenn. 721 1857 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Croom 7 Fla. 81 1857 0 Supreme Court of FL
Manice v. Duncan 12 La. Ann. 715 1857 0 Louisiana
Quarles v. Grigsby 31 Ala. 172 1857 0 Alabama
Finley v. Babin 12 La. Ann. 236 1857 0 Louisiana
Luna v. Edmiston 37 Tenn. 159 1857 0 Tennessee
Berry v. Diamond Ex. 19 Ark. 262 1857 0 Arkansas
Jewell v. Warner 35 N.H. 176 1857 1 New Hampshire
Jones v. McLean 18 Ark. 456 1857 0 Arkansas
Wessenger v. Hunt 30 S.C. Eq. 459 1857 1 South Carolina
Shannon v. People 5 Mich. 71 1858 1 Michigan
Ludwick v. Stafford 51 N.C. 109 1858 0 North Carolina
Gilreath v. Gilreath 57 N.C. 142 1858 0 North Carolina
Alexander v. Torrence 51 N.C. 260 1858 0 North Carolina
Carver v. Oakley 57 N.C. 85 1858 0 North Carolina
State v. Evans 50 N.C. 250 1858 0 North Carolina