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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Calloway v. Bryan 51 N.C. 569 1859 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Eborn v. Waldo 51 N.C. 438 1859 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Brewer v. Church 57 N.C. 418 1859 0 Contracts North Carolina
Cason v. Hubbard 38 Miss. 35 1859 0 Feme covert title to enslaved man Mississippi
Smith v. Williams 38 Miss. 48 1859 0 Replevin action to recover slaves Mississippi
George v. Smith 51 N.C. 273 1859 0 Contracts North Carolina
Whitley v. Stephenson 38 Miss. 113 1859 0 Widow's right to property Mississippi
State V. Elick 52 N.C. 68 1859 0 Assault w/ intent to ravish North Carolina
Jenkins v. Gowen 37 Miss. 444 1859 0 Replevin to recover possession of enslaved woman Mississippi
Smith v. Reid 51 N.C. 494 1859 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Turner v. Eford 58 N.C. 106 1859 1 North Carolina
McAlister v. Holton 51 N.C. 331 1859 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Dupree v. State 33 Ala. 380 1859 0 Indictment for murder Alabama
Fessenden v. Jones 52 N.C. 14 1859 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Alfred v. State 37 Miss. 296 1859 0 Evidence in case of murder committed enslaved man Mississippi
Vaughn v. Lovejoy 34 Ala. 437 1859 0 Bill in equity for partition Alabama
French v. Davis 38 Miss. 167 1859 0 Administrator charged with the hire of slaves Mississippi
Montague v. Gaddis 37 Miss. 453 1859 0 Attachment of slaves Mississippi
Dunlap v. Hearn 37 Miss. 471 1859 0 Evidentiary issues in title to enslaved woman Mississippi
Heirn v. Bridault 37 Miss. 209 1859 0 Rights of alien free negroes Mississippi