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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gilliam v. Underwood 56 N.C. 100 1856 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Powell v. Cobb 56 N.C. 1 1856 0 Trusts North Carolina
Owens v. Claytor 56 Md. 129 1881 0 Maryland
Edwards v. Woolfolk's Administrator 56 Ky. 376 1856 0 Wills & Estates Kentucky
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Civil Kentucky
Shearman's Adm'r v. Hicks 55 Va. 96 1857 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Sherman v. Commonwealth 55 Va. 677 1858 0 Writ of Error SC of Appeals VA
Dixon v. McCue 55 Va. 540 1858 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Craig's Heirs v. Walthall 55 Va. 518 1858 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Quarles v. Kerr 55 Va. 48 1867 0 Trusts SC of Appeals VA
Livesay v. Helms 55 Va. 441 1858 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Williamson v. Coalter's Ex'ors 55 Va. 394 1858 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Harcum's Adm'r v. Hudnall 55 Va. 369 1858 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Reids Adm'r v. Blackstone 55 Va. 363 1858 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Barksdale v. Finney 55 Va. 338 1858 0 Action to recover property SC of Appeals VA
Hunter v. Humphreys 55 Va. 287 1858 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Southall's Adm'r v. Taylor 55 Va. 269 1858 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Dunlop v. Harrison’s Ex’ors 55 Va. 251 1858 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Duval v. Malone 55 Va. 24 1857 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Andrews v. Avory 55 Va. 229 1858 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA