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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Fears v. Lynch 28 Ga. 249 1859 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Harrison 33 Ala. 706 1859 1 Alabama
Broome v. Alston 8 Fla. 307 1859 0 Use of Slaves to Secure a Mortgage Supreme Court of FL
Magee v. Magee 37 Miss. 138 1859 1 Mississippi
Lamb v. Girtman 26 Ga. 625 1859 0 Will and trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Anonymous 34 Ala. 430 1859 1 Alabama
Yeatman, Woods & Co. v. Erwin 14 La. Ann. 149 1859 1 Louisiana
Bell v. Mayor of Vicksburg 64 U.S. 443 1859 1 United States
Reaves v. Garrett's Adm'r 34 Ala. 558 1859 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Van Derzee v. Van Derzee 30 Barb. 331 1859 0 Will & Trust SC of New York
Parkinson v. State 14 Md. 184 1859 0 Maryland
Gardiner v. Thibodeau 14 La. Ann. 732 1859 0 Recovery of murder of enslaved person Louisiana
Executors of Everett v. Administrators of Whitfield 27 Ga. 133 1859 0 Bill of exceptions Supreme Court of Georgia
Whitton v. Whitton 38 N.H. 127 1859 1 New Hampshire
Landrum v. Russell 29 Ga. 405 1859 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Rushin v. Young 27 Ga. 325 1859 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Stetson v. Lyons 34 Ala. 140 1859 1 Alabama
Cantaline v. State 33 Ala. 439 1859 1 Alabama
Paulk v. Wolfe, Gillespie & Co. 34 Ala. 541 1859 0 Gift of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Strawhern v. State 37 Miss. 422 1859 1 Mississippi