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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Buford v. Gould 35 Ala. 265 1859 0 Warranty dispute Alabama
Baldwin v. Peet, Sims & Co. 22 Tex. 708 1859 1 Texas
Smith v. Ashurst 34 Ala. 208 1859 1 Alabama
Hughes v. Wilkinson's Lessee 37 Miss. 482 1859 1 Mississippi
Little v. McLendon 58 N.C. 216 1859 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Morrison v. McNeill 51 N.C. 450 1859 0 Fraudulent Conveyance North Carolina
Cook v. Toumbs 36 Miss. 685 1859 1 Mississippi
Thomas v. Brown 10 Ohio St. 247 1859 1 Ohio
Roper v. Roper 58 N.C. 16 1859 1 North Carolina
Robertson v. Wilson 38 N.H. 48 1859 1 New Hampshire
Kearney v. Harrell 58 N.C. 199 1859 0 Bill for injunction re judgment North Carolina
Shue v. Turk 56 Va. 256 1859 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Springer v. Walters 34 Pa. 328 1859 1 Pennsylvania
Sawyer v. Dozier 52 N.C. 7 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Tabb v. Williams 57 N.C. 352 1859 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Ralston v. Lahee 8 Iowa 17 1859 1 Iowa
Henley v. Bush 33 Ala. 636 1859 1 Alabama
Powers v. Presgroves 38 Miss. 227 1859 1 Mississippi
Day v. Webb 28 Conn. 140 1859 1 Connecticut
Wood v. Reeves 58 N.C. 271 1859 1 North Carolina