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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Parker v. Parker 57 N.C. 439 1859 0 North Carolina
Emanuel v. State 36 Miss. 627 1859 0 Mississippi
Fairly v. Fairly 38 Miss. 280 1859 0 Mississippi
Darden v. Cowper 52 N.C. 210 1859 0 North Carolina
Cauley v. Lawson 58 N.C. 132 1859 0 North Carolina
Cecil v. Rose 14 Md. 64 1859 0 Maryland
State v. Willis 52 N.C. 190 1859 0 North Carolina
Watson v. Davis. 52 N.C. 178 1859 0 North Carolina
McGinnis v. Harris 52 N.C. 213 1859 0 North Carolina
Newkirk v. Hawes 58 N.C. 265 1859 0 North Carolina
Jones v. Hall 58 N.C. 26 1859 0 North Carolina
Haralson v. White 38 Miss. 178 1859 0 Mississippi
Fleming v. Gilmer 35 Ala. 62 1859 0 Alabama
Hatcher v. Clifton 35 Ala. 275 1859 0 Alabama
Dews & Smith v. Cornish 20 Ark. 332 1859 0 Arkansas
Carpenter v. State 26 Ga. 622 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Walker v. McCoy 34 Ala. 659 1859 0 Alabama
Swails v. Bushart 39 Tenn. 561 1859 0 Tennessee
Van Wickle v. Garrett 14 La. Ann. 106 1859 0 Louisiana
The Orion 18 F. Cas. 817 1859 0 Civil District Court, S.D. New York