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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Byrd v. Lipscomb 20 Ark. 19 1859 0 Arkansas
Fall v. Roper 40 Tenn. 485 1859 0 Tennessee
State v. Adams 40 Tenn. 259 1859 0 Tennessee
Noland v. Bemiss 14 La. Ann. 49 1859 0 Louisiana
Moussier v. Zunts 14 La. Ann. 15 1859 0 Louisiana
Lewis G. v. Mills 40 Tenn. 705 1859 0 Tennessee
Bostick v. Elliott 40 Tenn. 507 1859 0 Tennessee
Swan v. Newman 40 Tenn. 288 1859 0 Tennessee
Johnson v. Byerly & Owens 40 Tenn. 194 1859 0 Tennessee
Bradford v. Caldwell 39 Tenn. 496 1859 0 Tennessee
Saunders v. Wilder 39 Tenn. 577 1859 0 Tennessee
Lemmon v. People 20 N.Y. 562 1859 0 Civil Court of Appeals of New York
Latimer v. Rogers 40 Tenn. 692 1859 0 Tennessee
Ewell v. Tidwell 20 Ark. 136 1859 0 Arkansas
Cooley v. Steele 39 Tenn. 605 1859 0 Tennessee
Hunt v. White 24 Tex. 643 1859 0 Texas
Davis v. Christian 56 Va. 11 1859 0 SC of Appeals VA
Pulliam v. Aler 56 Va. 54 1859 0 SC of Appeals VA
Poindexter v. Jeffries 56 Va. 363 1859 0 SC of Appeals VA
Alfred v. State 37 Miss. 296 1859 0 Mississippi