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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Davis v. Commonwealth for Leon 54 Va. 139 1856 1 Virginia
Page v. Naglee 6 Cal. 241 1856 1 California
Rosson v. Hancock 35 Tenn. 434 1856 0 Tennessee
Cheek v. Wheatley 35 Tenn. 484 1856 0 Tennessee
Meredith v. Owen 36 Tenn. 223 1856 0 Tennessee
Jennings v. Paine 4 Wis. 358 1856 0 Wisconsin
Vardeman v. Lawson 17 Tex. 10 1856 0 Texas
Nichols v. Cheairs 36 Tenn. 229 1856 0 Tennessee
Fitzgerald v. Vestal 36 Tenn. 258 1856 0 Tennessee
Harris v. Alderson 36 Tenn. 252 1856 0 Tennessee
Tune v. Cooper 36 Tenn. 296 1856 0 Tennessee
Cornish v. Dews 18 Ark. 172 1856 0 Arkansas
Turner v. Fisher 36 Tenn. 209 1856 0 Tennessee
Arnold v. Barrow's Ex'or 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 1 1856 0 Special Ct of Appeals VA
Hair v. Avery 28 Ala. 267 1856 0 Alabama
Thornton v. Burch 20 Ga. 791 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Lowe v. Carter 55 N.C. 377 1856 0 North Carolina
Bailey v. Brockett 20 Ga. 148 1856 0 Supreme Court
Park v. Tennille 20 Ga. 111 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Rafe v. State 20 Ga. 60 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia