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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Parker v. Parker 57 N.C. 439 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Morrow v. Turney's Adm'r 35 Ala. 131 1859 0 Foreclosing Equitable Mortgage Alabama
Swails v. Bushart 39 Tenn. 561 1859 0 Tennessee
Harrell v. Harrell 58 N.C. 229 1859 0 Partition of slaves North Carolina
Gossett v. Weatherly 58 N.C. 46 1859 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Rhea v. White 40 Tenn. 121 1859 0 Tennessee
Bogle v. N. C. Rail Road 51 N.C. 419 1859 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Clark v. Gautier 8 Fla. 360 1859 0 Detainment of a Freed Man Supreme Court of FL
Douthett v. Bodenhamer 57 N.C. 444 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Hunt v. White 24 Tex. 643 1859 0 Texas
White ex rel. Lytaker v. Cline 52 N.C. 174 1859 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Du Pre v. Williams 58 N.C. 96 1859 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Garrett v. Brock 27 Ga. 576 1859 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Turner v. Thurmond 28 Ga. 174 1859 0 Personal property issu supreme Court of Georgia
Simon v. State 37 Miss. 288 1859 0 Evidentiary issues in the case of a murder by a runaway Mississippi
Minor v. State 36 Miss. 630 1859 0 Whether enslaved man is entitled to a writ of error in non-capital cases Mississippi
Green v. Banks 24 Tex. 522 1859 0 Texas
McAlister v. Holton 51 N.C. 331 1859 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Woods v. Sturdevant 38 Miss. 68 1859 0 Gift of enslaved man from a parent to a child. Mississippi
Smith v. Reid 51 N.C. 494 1859 0 Action of detinue North Carolina