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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Blakey's Heirs v. Blakey's Executrix 33 Ala. 611 1859 0 Alabama
Deshotels v. Soileau 14 La. Ann. 745 1859 0 Louisiana
State v. Leckie 14 La. Ann. 636 1859 0 Louisiana
Joffrion v. Bordelon 14 La. Ann. 618 1859 0 Louisiana
McDonald v. McDonald 58 N.C. 211 1859 0 North Carolina
Jarman v. Ellis 52 N.C. 77 1859 0 North Carolina
Garrett v. Brock 27 Ga. 576 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Jamison v. Bridge 14 La. Ann. 31 1859 0 Louisiana
Brown v. Weaver 28 Ga. 377 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Philleo v. Holliday 24 Tex. 38 1859 0 Texas
McLin v. Williams 28 Ga. 482 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Montgomery v. Nash 23 Tex. 157 1859 0 Texas
Birdsong v. Birdsong 39 Tenn. 289 1859 0 Tennessee
Porée v. Cannon 14 La. Ann. 501 1859 0 Louisiana
Cantrell v. Adderholt 28 Ga. 239 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Sims v. Macon & Western R. R. 28 Ga. 93 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Brewton v. Smith 28 Ga. 442 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Succession of Woodruff 14 La. Ann. 295 1859 0 Louisiana
Hammond v. State 14 Md. 135 1859 0 Maryland
State v. Baltimore & Susquehanna Steam Co. 13 Md. 181 1859 0 Maryland