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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Coppedge v. Threadgill 35 Tenn. 577 1856 0 Tennessee
Upchurch v. Darnall 35 Tenn. 443 1856 0 Tennessee
Gold v. Vaughan 36 Tenn. 247 1856 0 Tennessee
Seay v. Bacon 36 Tenn. 99 1856 0 Tennessee
Sparkes v. Kearney 55 N.C. 481 1856 0 North Carolina
Long v. Wright 48 N.C. 290 1856 0 North Carolina
Elliott v. Pool 56 N.C. 17 1856 0 North Carolina
Falkner v. Streator 56 N.C. 33 1856 0 North Carolina
Hickerson v. United States 30 F. Cas. 1087 1856 0 United States
Montgomery v. Henderson 56 N.C. 113 1856 0 North Carolina
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 20 Ga. 600 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Hair v. Avery 28 Ala. 267 1856 0 Alabama
Kieffer v. Imhoff 26 Pa. 438 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Pringle v. Hunt 31 Miss. 351 1856 0 Mississippi
Batten v. Faulk 49 N.C. 233 1856 0 North Carolina
Lee v. Bennett 31 Miss. 119 1856 0 Mississippi
Crum v. Williams 29 Ala. 446 1856 0 Alabama
Soggins v. Heard 31 Miss. 426 1856 0 Mississippi
Meredith v. Owen 36 Tenn. 223 1856 0 Tennessee
Nichols v. Cheairs 36 Tenn. 229 1856 0 Tennessee