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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wesley v. State 37 Miss. 327 1859 0 Mississippi
White v. Hampton 9 Iowa 181 1859 1 Iowa
Grimes v. Talbert 14 Md. 169 1859 0 Maryland
Nelson v. Goree'r Adm'r 34 Ala. 565 1859 0 Alabama
Cowden v. Cairns 28 Mo. 471 1859 1 Missouri
Brewster v. Wakefield 63 U.S. 118 1859 1 United States
Harrington v. McLean 58 N.C. 135 1859 0 North Carolina
State v. Terrell 46 S.C.L. 321 1859 1 South Carolina
United States v. Amy 24 F. Cas. 792 1859 0 Cir. Ct., D. VA
Barker v. Coleman 35 Ala. 221 1859 0 Alabama
Kent v. Mahaffey 10 Ohio St. 204 1859 1 Ohio
Edmonds' Ex'rs v. Goodwyn 28 Ga. 38 1859 0 Suprem Court of Georgia
Williams v. Bowman 40 Tenn. 678 1859 0 Tennessee
Hunt v. White 24 Tex. 643 1859 0 Texas
Cooke's Lessee v. Kell 13 Md. 469 1859 1 Maryland
Herschfeldt v. George 6 Mich. 456 1859 1 Michigan
King v. Bill 28 Conn. 593 1859 1 Connecticut
Yancay v. Mauck 56 Va. 300 1859 1 Virginia
Westbrook v. State 24 Tex. 563 1859 0 Texas
Bagly v. Birmingham 23 Tex. 452 1859 0 Texas