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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Harrison v. Ward 58 N.C. 236 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Outlaw v. Gilmer 27 Ga. 365 1859 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Hurdle v. Richardson 52 N.C. 16 1859 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Mavor v. Armant 14 La. Ann. 181 1859 0 Partition, donation inter vivos, successions Louisiana
McCaleb v. Estate of Fluker 14 La. Ann. 316 1859 0 Sales, promissory notes, debts Louisiana
Garrett v. Brock 27 Ga. 576 1859 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Wesley v. State 37 Miss. 327 1859 0 Trial of enslaved man for the killing of his master Mississippi
Lanehart v. Jeter 36 Miss. 650 1859 0 Interest of husband in slaves belonging to wife Mississippi
Comaux v. Doiron 14 La. Ann. 184 1859 0 Redhibition, sales Louisiana
Newkirk v. Hawes 58 N.C. 265 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Little v. Bennett 58 N.C. 156 1859 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
George v. State 37 Miss. 316 1859 0 Rape of an enslaved woman by an enslaved man Mississippi
Fessenden v. Jones 52 N.C. 14 1859 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Cheairs v. Smith 37 Miss. 646 1859 0 Whether a provision for emancipation voids an entire will Mississippi
King v. Neely 14 La. Ann. 165 1859 0 Sales, Louisiana
Bisland v. Provosty 14 La. Ann. 169 1859 0 Recovery of 55 enslaved persons Louisiana
George v. Demouy 14 La. Ann. 145 1859 0 Freedom suit, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Pittman & Barrow v. Robicheau 14 La. Ann. 108 1859 0 Partnerships, property, Seizures Louisiana
Isaac v. Farnsworth 40 Tenn. 275 1859 0 Tennessee
Elliott v. Holder 40 Tenn. 698 1859 0 Tennessee