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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
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
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
Gardiner v. Thibodeau 14 La. Ann. 732 1859 0 Recovery of murder of enslaved person Louisiana
Hardy v. Voorhies 14 La. Ann. 776 1859 0 Murder, Execution Louisiana
State v. Fuller 14 La. Ann. 720 1859 0 Theft, harboring of an enslaved person, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
R. C. Cummings & Co. v. Harsabrauch 14 La. Ann. 711 1859 0 Promissory notes, redhibition, consideration Louisiana
Tillman v. Mosely 14 La. Ann. 710 1859 0 Domicile, Contracts, Donations, Inheritence Louisiana
Price v. Ray 14 La. Ann. 697 1859 0 Wills, manumission, heirs Louisiana
State v. Davis 14 La. Ann. 678 1859 0 Criminal law, statutory interpretation, assault, property Louisiana
State v. Fuller 14 La. Ann. 667 1859 0 Theft, harboring of an enslaved person, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Faulk v. Hough 14 La. Ann. 659 1859 0 Sales, warranties, redhibition Louisiana