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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Tune v. Cooper 36 Tenn. 296 1856 0 Tennessee
Harris v. Alderson 36 Tenn. 252 1856 0 Tennessee
Fitzgerald v. Vestal 36 Tenn. 258 1856 0 Tennessee
Nichols v. Cheairs 36 Tenn. 229 1856 0 Tennessee
Meredith v. Owen 36 Tenn. 223 1856 0 Tennessee
Cheek v. Wheatley 35 Tenn. 484 1856 0 Tennessee
Rosson v. Hancock 35 Tenn. 434 1856 0 Tennessee
Crook v. Garrett 20 Ga. 664 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Hair v. Avery 28 Ala. 267 1856 0 Alabama
Brooks v. Cook 20 Ga. 87 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Coppedge v. Threadgill 35 Tenn. 577 1856 0 Tennessee
Ross v. Davis 17 Ark. 113 1856 0 Arkansas
State v. Jim 48 N.C. 348 1856 0 North Carolina
Lawler v. Norris 28 Ala. 675 1856 1 Alabama
Field's Heirs v. Goldsby 28 Ala. 218 1856 1 Alabama
Tillinghast v. Champlin 4 R.I. 173 1856 1 Rhode Island
Bob v. State 29 Ala. 20 1856 0 Alabama
Dick v. State 30 Miss. 593 1856 0 Mississippi
Lewis v. Dubose & Co. 29 Ala. 219 1856 1 Alabama
Anthony v. State 29 Ala. 27 1856 0 Alabama