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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wallace v. Brown 17 Ark. 449 1856 0 Arkansas
Abraham v. Wilkins 17 Ark. 292 1856 0 Arkansas
Barlow v. Lambert 28 Ala. 704 1856 0 Alabama
Hair v. Little 28 Ala. 236 1856 0 Alabama
Barksdale v. Elam 30 Miss. 694 1856 0 Mississippi
Dick v. State 30 Miss. 631 1856 0 Mississippi
Wheatley v. Abbott 32 Miss. 343 1856 0 Mississippi
Maxwell v. Craft 32 Miss. 307 1856 0 Mississippi
Cooke v. Thornhill 16 Tex. 177 1856 0 Texas
Andrews v. Jones 32 Miss. 274 1856 0 Mississippi
Bates v. Cotton 32 Miss. 266 1856 0 Mississippi
Carpenter v. Bridges 32 Miss. 265 1856 0 Mississippi
Williams v. Newberry 32 Miss. 256 1856 0 Mississippi
Dick v. State 30 Miss. 593 1856 0 Mississippi
Anthony v. State 29 Ala. 27 1856 0 Alabama
Covington v. Arrington 32 Miss. 144 1856 0 Mississippi
Hannah v. Carrington 18 Ark. 85 1856 0 Arkansas
Roberts v. Prior 20 Ga. 561 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Payne v. Coursey 20 Ga. 585 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Bailey v. State 20 Ga. 742 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia