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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Crawford v. Alexander 14 La. Ann. 708 1859 0 Louisiana
State ex rel. Boissac v. Petit 14 La. Ann. 565 1859 0 Louisiana
Willett v. Carroll 13 Md. 459 1859 0 Maryland
Gleises v. McHatton 14 La. Ann. 560 1859 0 Louisiana
Weber v. Ory 14 La. Ann. 537 1859 0 Louisiana
Hines v. State 26 Ga. 614 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Jenkins’ Executor v. Jenkins 33 Ala. 731 1859 0 Alabama
Jones v. Dexter 8 Fla. 276 1859 0 Supreme Court of FL
Van Derzee v. Van Derzee 30 Barb. 331 1859 0 Civil SC of New York
Latimer v. Rogers 40 Tenn. 692 1859 0 Tennessee
Wesley v. State 37 Miss. 327 1859 0 Mississippi
Traynor v. Johnson 40 Tenn. 44 1859 0 Tennessee
Fleming v. Gilmer 35 Ala. 62 1859 0 Alabama
Grimes v. Talbert 14 Md. 169 1859 0 Maryland
Parker v. Hall 39 Tenn. 641 1859 0 Tennessee
Bell’s Adm’r v. Troy 35 Ala. 184 1859 0 Alabama
Doyal v. Smith 28 Ga. 262 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Adams v. Mayor of Somerville 39 Tenn. 363 1859 0 Tennessee
Moore v. Simmons 39 Tenn. 545 1859 0 Tennessee
Walton v. Hamilton 24 Tex. 216 1859 0 Texas