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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Carnes v. Apperson & Co. 2 Sneed 562 1855 0 Tennessee
Wynn v. Wilson 30 F. Cas. 751 1855 0 United States
Madre v. Saunders 48 N.C. 1 1855 0 North Carolina
Ellis v. Fisher 3 Sneed 231 1855 0 Tennessee
Case v. McGee 8 Md. 9 1855 0 Maryland
Taliaferro v. Pryor 53 Va. 277 1855 1 Virginia
State v. Williams 47 N.C. 194 1855 0 North Carolina
Ashby v. Harrison's Committee 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 1 1855 1 Virginia
Weatherly v. Miller 47 N.C. 166 1855 0 North Carolina
Read v. Manning 30 Miss. 308 1855 0 Mississippi
Jason v. Henderson 7 Md. 430 1855 0 Maryland
Humphreys v. Holtsinger 35 Tenn. 228 1855 1 Tennessee
Brookshire v. Dubose 55 N.C. 276 1855 0 North Carolina
Smith v. Pearson 26 Ala. 603 1855 0 Alabama
Holloway v. Armstrong 30 Miss. 504 1855 0 Mississippi
Ferguson v. Mason 34 Tenn. 618 1855 0 Tennessee
Wood v. Ford 29 Miss. 57 1855 0 Mississippi
Park v. Walker 34 Tenn. 503 1855 1 Tennessee
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Kentucky
Harrison v. Lloyd 43 S.C.L. 161 1855 0 South Carolina