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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
In re Archy 9 Cal. 147 1858 0 Civil California
Gassaway v. Hopkins 38 Tenn. 583 1858 0 Tennessee
Nicholas v. Ward 38 Tenn. 323 1858 1 Tennessee
Cloud v. Calhoun 31 S.C. Eq. 358 1858 0 South Carolina
Schindel v. Schindel 12 Md. 294 1858 0 Maryland
Polk v. Fancher 38 Tenn. 336 1858 0 Tennessee
Seevers v. Hamilton 6 Iowa 199 1858 0 Iowa
Franklin v. State 12 Md. 236 1858 0 Maryland
Ferguson v. Moore 19 Ark. 379 1858 0 Arkansas
Boyd Ex. v. Whitfield 19 Ark. 447 1858 0 Arkansas
Allen v. Cowan 28 Barb. 99 1858 1 New York
Shaw v. State 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 134 1858 1 Tennessee
Hoyle v. Smith 38 Tenn. 90 1858 0 Tennessee
Owen v. Hancock 38 Tenn. 563 1858 0 Tennessee
Towles v. Towles 38 Tenn. 601 1858 0 Tennessee
Fry v. Taylor 38 Tenn. 594 1858 0 Tennessee
Lavigne v. Russ 36 Miss. 326 1858 0 Mississippi
Durham v. Durham 26 Mo. 507 1858 1 Missouri
Hall v. Goodson 32 Ala. 277 1858 0 Alabama
Overton v. Williston 31 Pa. 155 1858 1 Pennsylvania