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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Young v. Shumate 35 Tenn. 369 1855 0 Tennessee
Holloway v. Armstrong 30 Miss. 504 1855 0 Mississippi
United States ex rel. Wheeler v. Williamson 28 F. Cas. 682 1855 0 Civil District Court, E.D. PA.
James v. Drake 35 Tenn. 340 1855 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Turrentine 55 N.C. 253 1855 0 North Carolina
Jason v. Henderson 7 Md. 430 1855 0 Maryland
Fulkerson v. Bullard 35 Tenn. 260 1855 0 Tennessee
Weatherly v. Miller 47 N.C. 166 1855 0 North Carolina
Jones v. Covey 26 Ala. 464 1855 0 Alabama
Elliott v. Cochran 2 Sneed 468 1855 0 Tennessee
Hays v. Collier 2 Sneed 585 1855 0 Tennessee
State v. Williams 47 N.C. 194 1855 0 North Carolina
Cox v. Rutledge 18 Ga. 294 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Smith 2 Sneed 473 1855 0 Tennessee
Western v. Pollard 55 Ky. 315 1855 0 Kentucky
Walker v. Walker's Distributees 26 Ala. 262 1855 0 Alabama
Brantley v. West 27 Ala. 542 1855 0 Alabama
Bell v. Cummings 35 Tenn. 275 1855 0 Tennessee
Agee v. Williams 27 Ala. 644 1855 0 Alabama
Miller v. Jones' Administrator 26 Ala. 247 1855 0 Alabama