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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bridges v. Nicholson 20 Ga. 90 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Carter v. McMichael 20 Ga. 96 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Jerry v. Townshend 9 Md. 145 1856 0 Maryland
Morgan v. Cox 22 Mo. 373 1856 0 Missouri
Ross v. Davis 17 Ark. 113 1856 0 Arkansas
Lowe v. Morris 36 Tenn. 69 1856 0 Tennessee
Carson v. Duffy 55 N.C. 507 1856 0 North Carolina
Hickerson v. United States 30 F. Cas. 1087 1856 0 United States
Dobbin v. Hubbard 17 Ark. 189 1856 0 Arkansas
Cox v. Cox 36 Tenn. 81 1856 1 Tennessee
Boyden v. Lancaster 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 198 1856 1 Virginia
Lawrence v. Senter 36 Tenn. 52 1856 1 Tennessee
O'Byrne v. Clagett 9 Md. 512 1856 0 Maryland
Martin v. Jackson 27 Pa. 504 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Trieber v. Blocher 10 Md. 14 1856 0 Maryland
Long v. Wright 48 N.C. 290 1856 0 North Carolina
Elliott v. Pool 56 N.C. 17 1856 0 North Carolina
Hempstead v. Johnston 18 Ark. 123 1856 0 Arkansas
McDaniel v. Strohecker 19 Ga. 432 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 20 Ga. 600 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia