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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Bonner 39 Tenn. 135 1858 0 Tennessee
Ingram v. Smith 38 Tenn. 411 1858 0 Tennessee
Owen v. Hancock 38 Tenn. 563 1858 0 Tennessee
Hoyle v. Smith 38 Tenn. 90 1858 0 Tennessee
In re Archy 9 Cal. 147 1858 0 California
Polk v. Fancher 38 Tenn. 336 1858 0 Tennessee
Sims v. Boynton 32 Ala. 353 1858 0 Detinue for a enslaved person Alabama
Gassaway v. Hopkins 38 Tenn. 583 1858 0 Tennessee
East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad v. John 37 Tenn. 524 1858 0 Tennessee
Garner v. Prewitt 32 Ala. 13 1858 0 Settlement of partnership Alabama
Blackwell’s Adm’r v. Blackwell’s Distributees 33 Ala. 57 1858 0 Distribution of estate dispute Alabama
McLeroy v. McLeroy 25 Ga. 100 1858 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Carroll v. Carroll 20 Tex. 731 1858 0 Texas
Martin v. State 25 Ga. 494 1858 0 Indicted for killing a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Whitman v. Abernathy 33 Ala. 154 1858 0 Recovery of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Billingslea v. Ware 32 Ala. 415 1858 0 Deed dispute Alabama
Calhoun v. Stokes 26 Ga. 325 1858 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Heard v. Sill 26 Ga. 302 1858 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Thrasher v. Ingram 32 Ala. 645 1858 0 Detinue Alabama
Smith v. Walden 26 Ga. 249 1858 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia