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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Kendrick v. Rice 16 Tex. 254 1856 0 Texas
Kesler v. Robson 16 Tex. 119 1856 0 Texas
Cornish v. Keesee 17 Ark. 391 1856 0 Arkansas
Arnold v. McNeill 17 Ark. 179 1856 0 Arkansas
Sadler v. Sadler 16 Ark. 628 1856 0 Arkansas
Hannah v. Carrington 18 Ark. 85 1856 0 Arkansas
Hopkins v. Wright 17 Tex. 30 1856 0 Texas
Wood v. Hardy 11 La. Ann. 760 1856 0 Louisiana
Franklin v. State 29 Ala. 14 1856 1 Alabama
Hatton's Adm'rs v. Jordan 29 Ala. 266 1856 1 Alabama
Brown v. Fifield 4 Mich. 322 1856 1 Michigan
Burgess v. Lovengood 55 N.C. 457 1856 1 North Carolina
Penley v. Waterhouse 3 Iowa 418 1856 1 Iowa
Wintz v. Morrison 17 Tex. 372 1856 0 Texas
Adwell v. Commonwealth 56 Ky. 310 1856 1 Kentucky
Bevan v. Byrd 48 N.C. 397 1856 1 North Carolina
United States v. Gideon 1 Minn. 292 1856 1 Minnesota
Mesick v. Sunderland 6 Cal. 297 1856 1 California
Martin v. Nash 31 Miss. 324 1856 1 Mississippi
Ramsay v. Woodard 48 N.C. 508 1856 1 North Carolina