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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Coppedge v. Threadgill 35 Tenn. 577 1856 0 Tennessee
Mock v. Kennedy 11 La. Ann. 527 1856 0 Louisiana
Wilson v. Smith 10 Md. 67 1856 0 Maryland
Ruff v. Smith 31 Miss. 59 1856 1 Mississippi
Houston v. Crutcher 31 Miss. 51 1856 1 Mississippi
Jordan v. State 32 Miss. 382 1856 0 Mississippi
Fiser v. Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad 32 Miss. 359 1856 1 Mississippi
Seay v. Bacon 36 Tenn. 99 1856 0 Tennessee
Penley v. Waterhouse 3 Iowa 418 1856 1 Iowa
Dew v. Cunningham 28 Ala. 466 1856 1 Alabama
Cason v. Cason 31 Miss. 578 1856 1 Mississippi
Delphine v. Guillet 11 La. Ann. 424 1856 0 Louisiana
Heirs of Dupuy v. Dupont 11 La. Ann. 226 1856 0 Louisiana
Murrell v. Weathers 48 N.C. 525 1856 0 North Carolina
Miller v. Leflore 32 Miss. 634 1856 1 Mississippi
Botters v. Edrington 30 Miss. 580 1856 1 Mississippi
Martel v. Martel 17 Tex. 391 1856 1 Texas
Tucker v. Cocke 32 Miss. 184 1856 0 Mississippi
Ashford v. Tibbitts 11 La. Ann. 167 1856 0 Louisiana
Shorter v. Urquhart 28 Ala. 360 1856 0 Alabama