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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dement v. Scott 39 Tenn. 367 1859 0 Tennessee
Sprowl v. Lawrence 33 Ala. 674 1859 1 Alabama
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
Kent v. Mahaffey 10 Ohio St. 204 1859 1 Ohio
Barker v. Coleman 35 Ala. 221 1859 0 Alabama
Yeakle, Cobb & Co. v. George 46 S.C.L. 153 1859 1 South Carolina
Combs v. Winchester 39 N.H. 13 1859 1 New Hampshire
Williams v. Bowman 40 Tenn. 678 1859 0 Tennessee
Greenwood v. Coleman 34 Ala. 150 1859 0 Alabama
Harrison v. Ward 58 N.C. 236 1859 0 North Carolina
Bagly v. Birmingham 23 Tex. 452 1859 0 Texas
Nall v. State 34 Ala. 262 1859 1 Alabama
Tripe v. Marcy 39 N.H. 439 1859 1 New Hampshire
Ableman v. Booth 11 Wis. 498 1859 1 Wisconsin
Armstrong v. Jowell 24 Tex. 58 1859 0 Texas