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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Patton v. Hamner 28 Ala. 618 1856 0 Alabama
Ingram v. Ingram 49 N.C. 188 1856 0 North Carolina
Ashley's Adm'r v. Robinson 29 Ala. 112 1856 0 Alabama
Reynolds v. Batson 11 La. Ann. 729 1856 0 Louisiana
Hooker v. Johnson 6 Fla. 730 1856 0 Supreme Court of FL
Louis v. Richard 12 La. Ann. 684 1856 0 Louisiana
McDougall v. Van Brunt 6 Fla. 570 1856 0 Supreme Court of FL
Wallace v. Brown 17 Ark. 449 1856 0 Arkansas
Claiborne v. Tanner 18 Tex. 68 1856 0 Texas
Joe v. State 6 Fla. 591 1856 0 Supreme Court of FL
Armstrong's Ad'mr v. Pitts 54 Va. 235 1856 0 SC of Appeals VA
Bob v. State 29 Ala. 20 1856 0 Alabama
State v. Jim 48 N.C. 348 1856 0 North Carolina
Barnawell v. Threadgill 56 N.C. 50 1856 0 North Carolina
Sarah v. State 18 Ark. 114 1856 0 Arkansas
Hooper v. Moore 48 N.C. 428 1856 0 North Carolina
Hepburn v. Dundas 54 Va. 219 1856 0 SC of Appeals VA
Cornish v. Keesee 17 Ark. 391 1856 0 Arkansas
Fearn v. Shirley 31 Miss. 301 1856 0 Mississippi
Bohannon v. Fulton 31 Miss. 348 1856 0 Mississippi