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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Scott v. Fox 14 Md. 388 1859 0 Maryland
Willett v. Carroll 13 Md. 459 1859 0 Maryland
Wood v. Reeves 58 N.C. 271 1859 1 North Carolina
Fall v. Roper 40 Tenn. 485 1859 0 Tennessee
Tucker v. Willis 24 Tex. 247 1859 0 Texas
State v. Adams 40 Tenn. 259 1859 0 Tennessee
Walmsley v. Hubbard 24 Tex. 612 1859 0 Texas
Trimble v. Miller 24 Tex. 214 1859 0 Texas
Weber v. Ory 14 La. Ann. 537 1859 0 Louisiana
Van Derzee v. Van Derzee 30 Barb. 331 1859 0 Civil SC of New York
Ford v. Newcomer 14 La. Ann. 706 1859 0 Louisiana
State ex rel. Boissac v. Petit 14 La. Ann. 565 1859 0 Louisiana
Stafford v. Lick 13 Cal. 240 1859 1 California
Root v. McFerrin 37 Miss. 17 1859 1 Mississippi
Roper v. Roper 58 N.C. 16 1859 1 North Carolina
Emery v. Whitwell 6 Mich. 474 1859 1 Michigan
State v. Johnston 51 N.C. 485 1859 0 North Carolina
Fairbairn v. Fisher 57 N.C. 390 1859 0 North Carolina
McKeil v. Cutlar's Administrator 57 N.C. 381 1859 0 North Carolina
McAlister v. Holton 51 N.C. 331 1859 0 North Carolina