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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cotten v. Blocker 6 Fla. 1 1855 0 Supreme Court of FL
Harrel v. Ward 2 Sneed 610 1855 0 Tennessee
Decherd v. Blanton 35 Tenn. 373 1855 0 Tennessee
Ward v. Saunders 35 Tenn. 387 1855 0 Tennessee
Sharp v. Sharp 2 Sneed 496 1855 0 Tennessee
State v. Sharp 2 Sneed 615 1855 0 Tennessee
Hughes v. Boyd 2 Sneed 512 1855 0 Tennessee
Gunn v. Mason 2 Sneed 637 1855 0 Tennessee
Thompson v. Meek 3 Sneed 271 1855 0 Tennessee
Farnsworth v. Arnold 3 Sneed 252 1855 0 Tennessee
Young v. Shumate 35 Tenn. 369 1855 0 Tennessee
Carnes v. Apperson & Co. 2 Sneed 562 1855 0 Tennessee
Case v. McGee 8 Md. 9 1855 0 Maryland
Berry v. Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church 7 Md. 564 1855 0 Maryland
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Kentucky
Carter v. Bennett 6 Fla. 214 1855 0 Supreme Court of FL
Sanderson v. Jones 6 Fla. 430 1855 0 Supreme Court of FL
Bellamy v. Sheriff of Jackson County 6 Fla. 62 1855 0 Supreme Court of FL
Bell v. Cummings 35 Tenn. 275 1855 0 Tennessee
Fulkerson v. Bullard 35 Tenn. 260 1855 0 Tennessee