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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Poston v. Gillespie 58 N.C. 258 1859 0 North Carolina
Oldham v. Oldham 58 N.C. 89 1859 0 North Carolina
Crowell v. Simpson 52 N.C. 285 1859 0 North Carolina
Gossett v. Weatherly 58 N.C. 46 1859 0 North Carolina
Du Pre v. Williams 58 N.C. 96 1859 0 North Carolina
Shoop v. Powles 13 Md. 304 1859 1 Maryland
Fisher v. Pollard 39 Tenn. 314 1859 1 Tennessee
Pelamourges v. Clark 9 Iowa 1 1859 1 Iowa
Campbell v. Watkins 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 184 1859 1 Tennessee
Durham v. Taylor 29 Ga. 166 1859 1 Georgia
Goodwin v. Hammond 13 Cal. 168 1859 1 California
Fowler v. Fisk 12 Cal. 112 1859 1 California
Lazell v. Powell 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 195 1859 1 Tennessee
Pope & Slocum v. Jacobus 10 Iowa 262 1859 1 Iowa
Jeffers v. Lampson 10 Ohio St. 101 1859 1 Ohio
Califf v. Hillhouse 3 Minn. 311 1859 1 Minnesota
Schwein v. Sims 59 Ky. 209 1859 1 Kentucky
Davis v. Robertson 14 La. Ann. 281 1859 1 Louisiana
Carey v. Dennis 13 Md. 1 1859 1 Maryland
Berry v. Cooper & Boykin 28 Ga. 543 1859 1 Georgia