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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Van Vacter v. M'Willie 31 Miss. 563 1856 0 Mississippi
Wampler v. Wampler 9 Md. 540 1856 0 Maryland
State v. Bob 11 La. Ann. 192 1856 0 Louisiana
Pope v. Toombs 20 Ga. 762 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Murrell v. Weathers 48 N.C. 525 1856 0 North Carolina
Hempstead v. Johnston 18 Ark. 123 1856 0 Arkansas
Farmer v. Barnes 56 N.C. 109 1856 0 North Carolina
Batten v. Faulk 49 N.C. 233 1856 0 North Carolina
Jesse v. State 20 Ga. 156 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Clark v. Hull 31 Miss. 520 1856 0 Mississippi
Largent v. Berry 48 N.C. 531 1856 0 North Carolina
Matheson’s Heirs v. Hearin 29 Ala. 210 1856 0 Alabama
Suggs v. Sapp 20 Ga. 100 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Franklin’s Adm’r v. Depriest 54 Va. 257 1856 0 SC of Appeals VA
Pearsall v. McCartney 28 Ala. 110 1856 0 Alabama
Bennett v. Terrill 20 Ga. 83 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Gaither v. Gaither 20 Ga. 709 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Livingston v. Arrington 28 Ala. 424 1856 0 Alabama
McMaster v. Stewart 11 La. Ann. 546 1856 0 Louisiana
Bryan v. Watson 20 Ga. 480 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia