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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ex parte Smith 34 Ala. 455 1859 0 Writ of Prohibition Alabama
Ponder v. Cox 28 Ga. 305 1859 0 Recovery for freedom Supreme Court of Georgia
Marshall v. Drawhorn 27 Ga. 275 1859 0 Reform a Written Contract Supreme Court of Georgia
Clark v. Gautier 8 Fla. 360 1859 0 Detainment of a Freed Man Supreme Court of FL
Caraway v. Smith 28 Ga. 541 1859 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Hardin v. Brown 27 Ga. 314 1859 0 Promissory note for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Vienne v. Harris 14 La. Ann. 382 1859 0 Sales, property, Louisiana
State v. Jack 14 La. Ann. 385 1859 0 Criminal law, murder, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Reaves v. Garrett's Adm'r 34 Ala. 558 1859 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Stubbs v. Houston 33 Ala. 555 1859 0 Probate dispute Alabama
Cheairs v. Smith 37 Miss. 646 1859 0 Whether a provision for emancipation voids an entire will Mississippi
Calloway v. Bryan 51 N.C. 569 1859 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Wesley v. State 37 Miss. 327 1859 0 Trial of enslaved man for the killing of his master Mississippi
George v. State 37 Miss. 316 1859 0 Rape of an enslaved woman by an enslaved man Mississippi
Perkins v. Brown 29 Ga. 412 1859 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Mitchell v. Wells 37 Miss. 235 1859 0 Slave asserting freedom by nature of having lived in free state Mississippi
Bowers v. Hale 14 La. Ann. 419 1859 0 Property (separation of), mortgages, debts Louisiana
Dickinson v. Solomons 26 Ga. 684 1859 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Alexander v. Walch 40 Tenn. 493 1859 0 Tennessee
United States v. Amy 24 F. Cas. 792 1859 0 Cir. Ct., D. VA