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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Martin v. Jackson 27 Pa. 504 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Cheek v. Wheatley 35 Tenn. 484 1856 0 Tennessee
Fox v. Sandford 36 Tenn. 36 1856 1 Tennessee
Lowe v. Carter 55 N.C. 377 1856 0 North Carolina
Ross v. Davis 17 Ark. 113 1856 0 Arkansas
Rosson v. Hancock 35 Tenn. 434 1856 0 Tennessee
Cox v. Cox 36 Tenn. 81 1856 1 Tennessee
Lexington Life, Fire & Marine Insurance v. Page & Richardson 56 Ky. 412 1856 1 Kentucky
Falkner v. Streator 56 N.C. 33 1856 0 North Carolina
Mills v. Thursby 12 How. Pr. 385 1856 1 New York
Funk v. Newcomer 10 Md. 301 1856 1 Maryland
Nichols v. Cheairs 36 Tenn. 229 1856 0 Tennessee
O'Byrne v. Clagett 9 Md. 512 1856 0 Maryland
Sparkes v. Kearney 55 N.C. 481 1856 0 North Carolina
Burt v. Bobo 36 Tenn. 234 1856 0 Tennessee
Corley v. State 28 Ala. 22 1856 0 Alabama
Turner v. Fisher 36 Tenn. 209 1856 0 Tennessee
Lewis v. Dubose & Co. 29 Ala. 219 1856 1 Alabama
Anderson v. Poindexter 6 Ohio St. 622 1856 0 Civil Ohio
Hempstead v. Johnston 18 Ark. 123 1856 0 Arkansas