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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Beck v. Beck 36 Miss. 72 1858 0 Mississippi
Hamilton v. State 35 Miss. 214 1858 0 Mississippi
Lockhart v. Luker 36 Miss. 68 1858 0 Mississippi
Barrow v. Shields 13 La. Ann. 57 1858 0 Louisiana
Chapman v. Chapman 13 La. Ann. 228 1858 0 Louisiana
McClure v. King 13 La. Ann. 141 1858 0 Louisiana
Greenleaf v. Edes 2 Minn. 264 1858 1 Minnesota
Bryan v. Spurgin 37 Tenn. 681 1858 1 Tennessee
Brazelton v. Brooks 39 Tenn. 194 1858 1 Tennessee
State ex rel. Latham v. Fagan 51 N.C. 62 1858 0 North Carolina
Pilcher v. Smith 39 Tenn. 208 1858 1 Tennessee
James v. Drake 1 Shan. Cas. 109 1858 1 Tennessee
Shifflet v. Commonwealth 55 Va. 652 1858 1 Virginia
Bigby v. Powell 25 Ga. 244 1858 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Fargo v. Ladd 6 Wis. 106 1858 1 Wisconsin
Bookfield v. Stanton 51 N.C. 156 1858 0 North Carolina
Lewis v. Lusk 35 Miss. 696 1858 0 Mississippi
McCasland v. Carson 38 Tenn. 117 1858 1 Tennessee
Williamson v. Williamson 57 N.C. 281 1858 0 North Carolina
State v. Bonner 39 Tenn. 135 1858 0 Tennessee