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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bryan v. Weems 29 Ala. 423 1856 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Trieber v. Blocher 10 Md. 14 1856 0 Maryland
O'Byrne v. Clagett 9 Md. 512 1856 0 Maryland
McDaniel v. Baskervill 54 Va. 228 1856 0 Trusts & Estates SC of Appeals VA
Boxly v. McKay 36 Tenn. 286 1856 0 Tennessee
Wharton v. Marberry 35 Tenn. 603 1856 0 Tennessee
Harris v. Taylor 35 Tenn. 536 1856 0 Tennessee
Edwards v. Woolfolk's Administrator 56 Ky. 376 1856 0 Wills & Estates Kentucky
Raines v. Barker 54 Va. 128 1856 0 Action of ejectment SC of Appeals VA
Jennings v. Paine 4 Wis. 358 1856 0 Wisconsin
Townsend v. Hill 18 Tex. 422 1857 0 Texas
Cole v. Cole 37 Tenn. 57 1857 0 Tennessee
Wallace v. Canaday 36 Tenn. 364 1857 0 Tennessee
Clark v. Jetton 37 Tenn. 229 1857 0 Tennessee
Randolph v. Wendel 36 Tenn. 646 1857 0 Tennessee
Hedgepeth v. Robertson 18 Tex. 858 1857 0 New York
Chaires v. Shepard 7 Fla. 77 1857 0 Distribution of Personal Estate to a Wife Supreme Court of FL
Hollingsworth v. Handcock 7 Fla. 338 1857 0 Dispute Over a Conditional Sale of a Slave Supreme Court of FL
Pritchard v. Wallace 36 Tenn. 405 1857 0 Tennessee
Allen v. Russell 19 Tex. 87 1857 0 Texas