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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ross v. Davis 17 Ark. 113 1856 0 Arkansas
Mesick v. Sunderland 6 Cal. 297 1856 1 California
Lee v. Bennett 31 Miss. 119 1856 0 Mississippi
Soggins v. Heard 31 Miss. 426 1856 0 Mississippi
Judge of Probate v. Alexander 31 Miss. 297 1856 0 Mississippi
State v. Rand 33 N.H. 216 1856 1 New Hampshire
Gadsden v. Raysor 43 S.C.L. 276 1856 1 South Carolina
United States v. Gideon 1 Minn. 292 1856 1 Minnesota
Adwell v. Commonwealth 56 Ky. 310 1856 1 Kentucky
McCloskey v. Cyphert 27 Pa. 220 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Arnold v. Barrow's Ex'or 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 1 1856 0 Special Ct of Appeals VA
Rosson v. Hancock 35 Tenn. 434 1856 0 Tennessee
Cheek v. Wheatley 35 Tenn. 484 1856 0 Tennessee
Meredith v. Owen 36 Tenn. 223 1856 0 Tennessee
Nichols v. Cheairs 36 Tenn. 229 1856 0 Tennessee
Fitzgerald v. Vestal 36 Tenn. 258 1856 0 Tennessee
Carson v. Duffy 55 N.C. 507 1856 0 North Carolina
Lowe v. Carter 55 N.C. 377 1856 0 North Carolina
Sparkes v. Kearney 55 N.C. 481 1856 0 North Carolina
Long v. Wright 48 N.C. 290 1856 0 North Carolina