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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Fears v. Sykes 35 Miss. 633 1858 0 Mississippi
McCarty v. Roots 62 U.S. 432 1858 1 United States
Wells v. Wells 35 Miss. 638 1858 0 Mississippi
Smith v. Williams 36 Miss. 545 1858 0 Mississippi
Bartee v. James 33 Ala. 34 1858 0 Alabama
Wyse v. Dandridge 35 Miss. 672 1858 0 Mississippi
Sherill v. Parrott 26 Ga. 388 1858 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
John R. Marshall & Co. v. Simpson 13 La. Ann. 437 1858 0 Louisiana
Wyche v. Greene 26 Ga. 415 1858 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Davis v. Marcum 57 N.C. 189 1858 0 North Carolina
Barker v. Swain 57 N.C. 220 1858 0 North Carolina
State v. Hannibal 51 N.C. 57 1858 0 North Carolina
State v. George 50 N.C. 233 1858 0 North Carolina
Baker v. Pender 50 N.C. 351 1858 0 North Carolina
Patton v. Hamner 33 Ala. 307 1858 0 Alabama
Poyner v. McRae 50 N.C. 276 1858 0 North Carolina
Deaton v. Munroe 57 N.C. 39 1858 0 North Carolina
Purnell v. Dudley 57 N.C. 203 1858 0 North Carolina
Pickens v. Oliver 32 Ala. 626 1858 0 Alabama
Jones v. Baird 57 N.C. 167 1858 0 North Carolina