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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ex parte Smith 34 Ala. 455 1859 0 Alabama
Alexander v. Walch 40 Tenn. 493 1859 0 Tennessee
McAdams v. Beard & Henderson 34 Ala. 478 1859 0 Alabama
Lucas v. Daniels 34 Ala. 188 1859 0 Alabama
Smilie v. Siler's Adm'r 35 Ala. 88 1859 0 Alabama
Clinton v. Estes 20 Ark. 216 1859 0 Arkansas
Plummer v. Plummer 37 Miss. 185 1859 0 Mississippi
George v. State 37 Miss. 316 1859 0 Mississippi
Lanehart v. Jeter 36 Miss. 650 1859 0 Mississippi
Cheairs v. Smith 37 Miss. 646 1859 0 Mississippi
Tomlinson v. Darnall 39 Tenn. 538 1859 0 Tennessee
Trotter v. Dobbs 38 Miss. 198 1859 0 Mississippi
Buford v. Gould 35 Ala. 265 1859 0 Alabama
Jones v. Dexter 8 Fla. 276 1859 0 Supreme Court of FL
Nelson v. Hall 58 N.C. 32 1859 0 North Carolina
Page v. Einstein 52 N.C. 147 1859 0 North Carolina
Woodfin v. Asheville Mutual Insurance 51 N.C. 558 1859 0 North Carolina
Robertson v. Fleming 57 N.C. 387 1859 0 North Carolina
Fuller v. Fuller 58 N.C. 223 1859 0 North Carolina
Jenkins’ Executor v. Jenkins 33 Ala. 731 1859 0 Alabama