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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Holmes v. Bacon 28 Miss. 607 1855 0 Mississippi
Harrel v. Ward 2 Sneed 610 1855 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Turrentine 55 N.C. 253 1855 0 North Carolina
Freeman v. Rawson 5 Ohio St. 1 1855 1 Ohio
Wynn v. Wilson 30 F. Cas. 751 1855 0 United States
Hays v. Collier 2 Sneed 585 1855 0 Tennessee
Harrison v. Lloyd 43 S.C.L. 161 1855 0 South Carolina
Bull v. Read 54 Va. 78 1855 0 Virginia
Clarke v. School District No. 7 3 R.I. 199 1855 1 Rhode Island
Chenery v. Palmer 5 Cal. 131 1855 1 California
United States v. Smidth 27 F. Cas. 1131 1855 0 Criminal Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Harvey v. Epes 53 Va. 153 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
Clark v. Sisson 11 N.Y. Super. Ct. 408 1855 1 New York
Holloway v. Armstrong 30 Miss. 504 1855 0 Mississippi
Wood v. Ford 29 Miss. 57 1855 0 Mississippi
Elliott v. Cochran 2 Sneed 468 1855 0 Tennessee
James v. Drake 35 Tenn. 340 1855 0 Tennessee
Vaccari v. Maxwell 28 F. Cas. 862 1855 1 United States
White v. Harmond 35 Tenn. 322 1855 0 Tennessee
Ward v. Saunders 35 Tenn. 387 1855 0 Tennessee