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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bailey v. Harris 8 Iowa 331 1859 1 Iowa
People ex rel. Ford v. Irwin 14 Cal. 428 1859 1 California
Spengler v. Davy 56 Va. 381 1859 1 Virginia
Watkins v. Wassell 20 Ark. 410 1859 1 Arkansas
Pope & Slocum v. Jacobus 10 Iowa 262 1859 1 Iowa
Burt v. Thompson 40 Tenn. 534 1859 1 Tennessee
Pearson v. McMillan 37 Miss. 588 1859 1 Mississippi
Patterson v. Crawford 12 Ind. 241 1859 1 Indiana
Stephens v. People 19 N.Y. 549 1859 1 New York
Stubbs v. Houston 33 Ala. 555 1859 0 Alabama
State v. Mullen 14 La. Ann. 570 1859 1 Louisiana
Riggins v. McClellan 28 Mo. 23 1859 1 Missouri
Pierce v. Wilson 34 Ala. 596 1859 0 Alabama
Gladson v. Whitney 9 Iowa 267 1859 1 Iowa
Lockett v. Mims 27 Ga. 207 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Iaege v. Bossieux 56 Va. 83 1859 1 Virginia
Jarman v. Ellis 52 N.C. 77 1859 0 North Carolina
Evans v. Greenhow 56 Va. 153 1859 1 Virginia
McDonald v. McDonald 58 N.C. 211 1859 0 North Carolina
Landrum v. Russell 29 Ga. 405 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia