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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Kelly v. Weaver 37 Miss. 631 1859 0 Mississippi
Whitson v. Gray 40 Tenn. 441 1859 0 Tennessee
Powell v. De Blane 23 Tex. 66 1859 0 Texas
Bennett v. Kennerly 40 Tenn. 674 1859 0 Tennessee
Doyal v. Smith 28 Ga. 262 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Green v. Rugely 23 Tex. 539 1859 0 Texas
Ross v. Hawkins 29 Ga. 261 1859 0 Georgia
Cooley v. Steele 39 Tenn. 605 1859 0 Tennessee
Wilson v. Horne 37 Miss. 477 1859 0 Mississippi
Dunlap v. Hearn 37 Miss. 471 1859 0 Mississippi
Montague v. Gaddis 37 Miss. 453 1859 0 Mississippi
Memphis & Charleston R. R. v. Jones 39 Tenn. 517 1859 0 Tennessee
Isaac v. State 39 Tenn. 458 1859 0 Tennessee
Nored v. Adams 39 Tenn. 449 1859 0 Tennessee
Watson v. State 36 Miss. 593 1859 0 Mississippi
Goss v. Eberhart 29 Ga. 545 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Gibson v. Jayne 37 Miss. 164 1859 0 Mississippi
Branch v. Branch 58 N.C. 268 1859 0 North Carolina
Birdsong v. Birdsong 39 Tenn. 289 1859 0 Tennessee
Stockley v. Rowley 39 Tenn. 493 1859 0 Tennessee