Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Graves v. Graves 58 N.C. 280 1859 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Fite v. Lander 52 N.C. 247 1859 0 Action of debt North Carolina
White ex rel. Lytaker v. Cline 52 N.C. 174 1859 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Holt v. Hogan 58 N.C. 82 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Douthett v. Bodenhamer 57 N.C. 444 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
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
Miller v. Blackburn 14 Ind. 62 1859 1 Indiana
Gorin v. Gordon 38 Miss. 205 1859 0 Recovery of slaves distributed in a marriage settlement Mississippi
Trotter v. Dobbs 38 Miss. 198 1859 0 Whether a party to a case is a "free white person" Mississippi
Ratliff v. Davis 38 Miss. 107 1859 1 Mississippi
Cheairs v. Smith 37 Miss. 646 1859 0 Whether a provision for emancipation voids an entire will Mississippi
Lanehart v. Jeter 36 Miss. 650 1859 0 Interest of husband in slaves belonging to wife Mississippi
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
Mitchell v. Wells 37 Miss. 235 1859 0 Slave asserting freedom by nature of having lived in free state Mississippi
Plummer v. Plummer 37 Miss. 185 1859 0 Decree obtained by fraud in division of property Mississippi
Debrell v. Ponton 22 Tex. 686 1859 0 Texas
Gibson v. Hill 23 Tex. 77 1859 0 Texas
Haynes v. Stovall 23 Tex. 625 1859 0 Texas