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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Burns v. Mayor 34 Ala. 485 1859 0 Alabama
Howell v. Howell 20 Ark. 25 1859 0 Arkansas
Cheairs v. Smith 37 Miss. 646 1859 0 Mississippi
Lanehart v. Jeter 36 Miss. 650 1859 0 Mississippi
Pendarvis v. Wall 14 La. Ann. 449 1859 0 Louisiana
Walker v. McCoy 34 Ala. 659 1859 0 Alabama
Trotter v. Dobbs 38 Miss. 198 1859 0 Mississippi
Ratcliff v. Hicks 23 Tex. 173 1859 0 Texas
George v. State 37 Miss. 316 1859 0 Mississippi
Bowers v. Hale 14 La. Ann. 419 1859 0 Louisiana
Vienne v. Harris 14 La. Ann. 382 1859 0 Louisiana
Matta v. Henderson 14 La. Ann. 473 1859 0 Louisiana
State v. Jack 14 La. Ann. 385 1859 0 Louisiana
Harrell v. Davenport 58 N.C. 4 1859 0 North Carolina
Dobbins v. Oswalt 20 Ark. 619 1859 0 Arkansas
Rainey v. Rainey 35 Ala. 282 1859 0 Alabama
Bellows v. Cheek 20 Ark. 424 1859 0 Arkansas
Brooks v. Caughran 40 Tenn. 464 1859 0 Tennessee
Yarbrough v. Arnold 20 Ark. 592 1859 0 Arkansas
Plummer v. Plummer 37 Miss. 185 1859 0 Mississippi