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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Oxford v. State 33 Ala. 416 1859 0 Indicment for Receivning Stolen Goods Alabama
Slocumb v. Washington 51 N.C. 357 1859 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Bogle v. N. C. Rail Road 51 N.C. 419 1859 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Roddy v. Cox 29 Ga. 298 1859 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Bandel v. Isaac 13 Md. 202 1859 0 0 Maryland
Chew v. Beall 13 Md. 348 1859 0 Maryland
Bell’s Adm’r v. Troy 35 Ala. 184 1859 0 Action for Arson Committed by Defendant's Enslaved Person Alabama
Tallahassee Rail-Road v. Macon 8 Fla. 299 1859 0 Recovery of Value for a Deceased Slave Supreme Court of FL
Sarah v. State 28 Ga. 576 1859 0 Slave indicted for attempted murder Supreme Court of Georgia
Sanders v. Sanders 20 Ark. 610 1859 0 Property dispute Arkansas
Lucas v. Daniels 34 Ala. 188 1859 0 Detinue for a enslaved person Alabama
Raines v. Perryman 29 Ga. 529 1859 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Boon v. Boon 29 Ga. 134 1859 0 promissory note for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Paulk v. Wolfe, Gillespie & Co. 34 Ala. 541 1859 0 Gift of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Lamb v. Girtman 26 Ga. 625 1859 0 Will and trust Supreme Court of Georgia
United States v. Amy 24 F. Cas. 792 1859 0 Cir. Ct., D. VA
Nesbitt v. Pearson's Adm'rs 33 Ala. 668 1859 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
McAdams v. Beard & Henderson 34 Ala. 478 1859 0 Right of Property Alabama
Belcher v. Sanders 34 Ala. 9 1859 0 Establishhmen of Trust Alabama
Alexander v. Walch 40 Tenn. 493 1859 0 Tennessee