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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Abercrombie's Executor v. Abercrombie's Heirs 27 Ala. 489 1855 0 Alabama
Murphy v. Merritt 48 N.C. 37 1855 0 North Carolina
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Kentucky
Ela v. Smith 71 Mass. 121 1855 0 Civil Massachusetts
Madre v. Saunders 48 N.C. 1 1855 0 North Carolina
Shiver v. Brock 55 N.C. 137 1855 0 North Carolina
Holloway v. Armstrong 30 Miss. 504 1855 0 Mississippi
Woodward v. Donally 27 Ala. 198 1855 0 Alabama
Martin v. Hardesty 27 Ala. 458 1855 0 Alabama
Thomas v. De Graffenreid 27 Ala. 651 1855 0 Alabama
Couch v. Anderson 26 Ala. 676 1855 0 Alabama
Booth v. Terrell 18 Ga. 570 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Clayton v. Brown 17 Ga. 217 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Woolfolk v. Beatly 18 Ga. 520 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Willis v. Willis 18 Ga. 13 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Passmore Williamson's Case 26 Pa. 9 1855 0 Civil SC of PA.
Blackmore v. Blackmore 35 Tenn. 365 1855 0 Tennessee
Rowan v. Hutchisson 27 Ala. 328 1855 0 Alabama
William v. State 18 Ga. 356 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Reese v. Harris 27 Ala. 301 1855 0 Alabama