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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Perkins v. Brown 29 Ga. 412 1859 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Sandeford v. Hess 39 Tenn. 680 1859 0 Tennessee
Minor v. State 36 Miss. 630 1859 0 Whether enslaved man is entitled to a writ of error in non-capital cases Mississippi
Rose v. Hawkins 29 Ga 261 1859 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Gorham v. Hood 27 Ga. 299 1859 0 Trespass Supreme Court of Georgia
Lowry v. McGee 40 Tenn. 269 1859 0 Tennessee
Norton v. Moore 40 Tenn. 480 1859 0 Tennessee
Haynes v. Jones 39 Tenn. 372 1859 0 Tennessee
Moye v. Kittrell 29 Ga. 677 1859 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Brooks v. Caughran 40 Tenn. 464 1859 0 Tennessee
Clark v. Gautier 8 Fla. 360 1859 0 Detainment of a Freed Man Supreme Court of FL
Molett v. State 33 Ala. 408 1859 0 Failure to Keep White Person on Plantation Alabama
Duckworth v. Duckworth's Adm'r 35 Ala. 70 1859 0 Probate dispute Alabama
Hooker v. Johnson 8 Fla. 453 1859 0 Dispute over an Agreement to Share Profits Supreme Court of FL
Jones v. Dexter 8 Fla. 276 1859 0 Distribution of Estate Supreme Court of FL
McLin v. Williams 28 Ga. 482 1859 0 Promisorry Note Supreme Court of Georgia
Walker's Heirs v. Murphy 34 Ala. 591 1859 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Brewton v. Smith 28 Ga. 442 1859 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Whitson v. Gray 40 Tenn. 441 1859 0 Tennessee
Simon v. State 37 Miss. 288 1859 0 Evidentiary issues in the case of a murder by a runaway Mississippi