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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Boyden v. Lancaster 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 198 1856 1 Virginia
Martin v. Jackson 27 Pa. 504 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Anderson v. Poindexter 6 Ohio St. 622 1856 0 Civil Ohio
Ross v. Davis 17 Ark. 113 1856 0 Arkansas
Rosson v. Hancock 35 Tenn. 434 1856 0 Tennessee
Fitzgerald v. Vestal 36 Tenn. 258 1856 0 Tennessee
Beane v. Yerby 53 Va. 239 1855 1 Virginia
Ashby v. Harrison's Committee 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 1 1855 1 Virginia
Cameron v. Cameron 29 Miss. 112 1855 0 Mississippi
Rowland v. Rowland 34 Tenn. 543 1855 1 Tennessee
Hathaway v. Leary 55 N.C. 264 1855 0 North Carolina
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Kentucky
Brister v. State 26 Ala. 107 1855 0 Alabama
Brookshire v. Dubose 55 N.C. 276 1855 0 North Carolina
Hurst v. Means 34 Tenn. 546 1855 1 Tennessee
Maskall v. Maskall 35 Tenn. 208 1855 1 Tennessee
White v. Harmond 35 Tenn. 322 1855 0 Tennessee
Chamberlain v. Gaillard 26 Ala. 504 1855 0 Alabama
Gibson v. Land 27 Ala. 117 1855 0 Alabama
Humphreys v. Holtsinger 35 Tenn. 228 1855 1 Tennessee