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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Kent v. Bottoms 56 N.C. 69 1856 0 North Carolina
Parker v. McKelvain 17 Tex. 157 1856 0 Texas
Bomford v. Grimes 17 Ark. 567 1856 0 Arkansas
Mercein v. Burton 17 Tex. 206 1856 0 Texas
Summers v. Bean 54 Va. 404 1856 0 SC of Appeals VA
Mangham v. Cox & Waring 29 Ala. 81 1856 0 Alabama
Hall v. Dickey 32 Miss. 208 1856 0 Mississippi
Patton v. Hamner 28 Ala. 618 1856 0 Alabama
Walker v. Fenner 28 Ala. 367 1856 0 Alabama
Mills v. Ashe 16 Tex. 295 1856 1 Texas
Henderson v. Segars 28 Ala. 352 1856 0 Alabama
Wells v. Bransford 28 Ala. 200 1856 0 Alabama
Walker v. Smith 28 Ala. 569 1856 0 Alabama
McNeill v. Arnold 17 Ark. 154 1856 0 Arkansas
Armstrong's Ad'mr v. Pitts 54 Va. 235 1856 0 SC of Appeals VA
Smith v. Dunwoody 19 Ga. 237 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Hunter v. Davis 19 Ga. 413 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Akin v. Anderson 19 Ga. 229 1856 0 Georgia
White v. Dinkins 19 Ga. 285 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Savage v. Jackson 19 Ga. 305 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia