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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Watterson v. Watterson 38 Tenn. 1 1858 0 Tennessee
Dixon v. Hill 5 Mich. 404 1858 1 Michigan
Overton v. Williston 31 Pa. 155 1858 1 Pennsylvania
Whitman v. Abernathy 33 Ala. 154 1858 0 Alabama
Acker v. Bender 33 Ala. 230 1858 0 Alabama
McCullough v. Gliddon 33 Ala. 208 1858 0 Alabama
Hassell v. Hamilton 33 Ala. 280 1858 0 Alabama
Sewell v. Price's Adm'r 32 Ala. 97 1858 0 Alabama
Woodson v. Pearce 37 Tenn. 416 1858 0 Tennessee
Gamble v. Nunn 37 Tenn. 465 1858 0 Tennessee
Little v. Fitts 33 Ala. 343 1858 0 Alabama
Gray v. Pope 35 Miss. 116 1858 1 Mississippi
Prince v. Broach 37 Tenn. 318 1858 0 Tennessee
Foteaux v. Lepage 6 Iowa 123 1858 1 Iowa
Price v. State 36 Miss. 531 1858 1 Mississippi
Miller v. Sawyer 30 Vt. 412 1858 1 Vermont
Barreda v. Silsbee 62 U.S. 146 1858 1 United States
Elder v. Hilzheim 35 Miss. 231 1858 1 Mississippi
Traynor v. Johnson 38 Tenn. 51 1858 0 Tennessee
Foster's Administrator v. Rucker's Executor 26 Mo. 494 1858 1 Missouri