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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. Strickland 28 Ga. 387 1859 0 Georgia
Blythe v. Speaks 23 Tex. 429 1859 0 Texas
Totten v. Cooke 59 Ky. 275 1859 1 Kentucky
Lazell v. Powell 1 Shan. Cas. 132 1859 1 Tennessee
Fears v. Lynch 28 Ga. 249 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Alley v. Connell 40 Tenn. 578 1859 0 Tennessee
Bealle v. Day 28 Ga. 435 1859 0 Georgia
Wickersham v. Orr 9 Iowa 253 1859 1 Iowa
Kearney v. Harrell 58 N.C. 199 1859 0 North Carolina
Phinney v. Phinney 17 How. Pr. 197 1859 0 Civil SC of New York
Overton v. Allen 40 Tenn. 440 1859 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Allen 40 Tenn. 429 1859 0 Tennessee
Ex parte Bushnell 9 Ohio St. 76 1859 1 Ohio
Nickson v. Toney 40 Tenn. 655 1859 0 Tennessee
Bank of Tennessee v. Nelson 40 Tenn. 634 1859 0 Tennessee
Wooley v. Robinson 52 N.C. 30 1859 0 North Carolina
Weber v. Ory 14 La. Ann. 537 1859 0 Louisiana
Graves v. Graves 58 N.C. 280 1859 0 North Carolina
Howard v. Snelling 28 Ga. 469 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Turner v. Thurmond 28 Ga. 174 1859 0 supreme Court of Georgia