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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cain v. Wright 50 N.C. 282 1858 0 North Carolina
Edney v. Edney 57 N.C. 127 1858 0 North Carolina
Eyre v. Jacob 14 Gratt. 422 1858 0 Virginia
Smith v. Chew 35 Miss. 153 1858 0 Mississippi
Andrews v. Avory 14 Gratt. 229 1858 0 Virginia
Watterson v. Watterson 38 Tenn. 1 1858 0 Tennessee
Ingram v. Smith 38 Tenn. 411 1858 0 Tennessee
Derr v. McGinnis 57 N.C. 139 1858 0 North Carolina
Jarman v. Humphrey 51 N.C. 28 1858 0 North Carolina
Harper v. Pierce 13 La. Ann. 340 1858 0 Louisiana
Jenkins v. Hall 57 N.C. 334 1858 0 North Carolina
McRary v. Fries 57 N.C. 233 1858 0 North Carolina
Cain v. Bunkley 35 Miss. 119 1858 0 Mississippi
Johnson v. Dunn 51 N.C. 122 1858 0 North Carolina
Matthews v. Matthews 13 La. Ann. 197 1858 0 Louisiana
State v. Thompson 13 La. Ann. 515 1858 0 Louisiana
Chaffe v. Steamboat St. Charles 13 La. Ann. 415 1858 0 Louisiana
Whichard v. Jordan 51 N.C. 54 1858 0 North Carolina
Washington v. Emery 57 N.C. 32 1858 0 North Carolina
Dunlap v. Petrie's Executors 35 Miss. 590 1858 0 Mississippi