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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Chapman v. Chapman 13 La. Ann. 228 1858 0 Tutorship, property Louisiana
Williams v. Rost 13 La. Ann. 327 1858 0 Redhibition, recovery of price paid for enslaved person Louisiana
Wilkins v. Bobo 13 La. Ann. 430 1858 0 Monetary judgment, suretyship Louisiana
Thompson v. Touriac 13 La. Ann. 605 1858 0 Sales, emancipation Louisiana
Martin v. Boler 13 La. Ann. 369 1858 0 Property, seizure, wills, sales, Louisiana
Governor v. Pearce 31 Ala. 465 1858 0 Negligence against Jailer Alabama
Miller v. Holmes 57 N.C. 250 1858 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Redding v. Long 57 N.C. 216 1858 0 Contracts North Carolina
Barker v. Swain 57 N.C. 220 1858 0 Interpleading bill North Carolina
Williams v. Smith 57 N.C. 254 1858 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State v. Bill 51 N.C. 34 1858 0 Burglary North Carolina
Purnell v. Dudley 57 N.C. 203 1858 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Jones v. Baird 57 N.C. 167 1858 0 Contracts North Carolina
Wooten v. Jarman 51 N.C. 111 1858 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Holderby v. Holderby 57 N.C. 241 1858 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Smith v. Chew 35 Miss. 153 1858 0 Annulment of sale of slaves Mississippi
Lusk v. Swayze 35 Miss. 155 1858 0 Reversion of enslaved man distributed to a widow to the distributees Mississippi
Bookfield v. Stanton 51 N.C. 156 1858 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Garner & Neville v. Lyles & Bracy 35 Miss. 176 1858 0 Fraudulent coveyance of slaves Mississippi
Bruton v. State 21 Tex. 337 1858 0 Texas