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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wells v. Bransford 28 Ala. 200 1856 0 Alabama
Shorter v. Urquhart 28 Ala. 360 1856 0 Alabama
Hair v. Avery 28 Ala. 267 1856 0 Alabama
Farrell v. Bean 10 Md. 217 1856 0 Maryland
Wilson v. Smith 10 Md. 67 1856 0 Maryland
Fatheree v. Fletcher 31 Miss. 265 1856 0 Mississippi
Crum v. Williams 29 Ala. 446 1856 0 Alabama
Batten v. Faulk 49 N.C. 233 1856 0 North Carolina
Atwood's Adm'r v. Wright 29 Ala. 346 1856 0 Alabama
May's Heirs v. May's Adm'r. 28 Ala. 141 1856 0 Alabama
Smith v. Dunwoody 19 Ga. 237 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Hunter v. Davis 19 Ga. 413 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Akin v. Anderson 19 Ga. 229 1856 0 Georgia
White v. Dinkins 19 Ga. 285 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Byrd's adm. v. Belding's heirs 18 Ark. 118 1856 0 Arkansas
Templet v. Baker 12 La. Ann. 658 1856 0 Louisiana
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 20 Ga. 600 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Rafe v. State 20 Ga. 60 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Savage v. Jackson 19 Ga. 305 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Denson v. Patton 19 Ga. 577 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia