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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Carpenter v. Bridges 32 Miss. 265 1856 0 Mississippi
Bates v. Cotton 32 Miss. 266 1856 0 Mississippi
Shackelford v. Newbill 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 232 1856 0 Special Ct of Appeals VA
Raney v. Heath 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 206 1856 0 Special Ct of Appeals VA
Bell v. Walker 48 N.C. 320 1856 0 North Carolina
Wilson v. Ivy 32 Miss. 233 1856 0 Mississippi
Lashley v. Lashley 48 N.C. 414 1856 0 North Carolina
Charles v. Dubose 29 Ala. 367 1856 1 Alabama
Andrews v. Jones 32 Miss. 274 1856 0 Mississippi
Tillinghast v. Champlin 4 R.I. 173 1856 1 Rhode Island
Maxwell v. Craft 32 Miss. 307 1856 0 Mississippi
Wheatley v. Abbott 32 Miss. 343 1856 0 Mississippi
Trammell v. Thurmond 17 Ark. 203 1856 0 Arkansas
Dick v. State 30 Miss. 631 1856 0 Mississippi
Barksdale v. Elam 30 Miss. 694 1856 0 Mississippi
Walker v. Smith 28 Ala. 569 1856 0 Alabama
State v. Jim 48 N.C. 348 1856 0 North Carolina
Bob v. State 29 Ala. 20 1856 0 Alabama
Sarah v. State 18 Ark. 114 1856 0 Arkansas
Wells v. Fletcher 17 Ark. 581 1856 0 Arkansas