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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Huckabee's Adm'r v. Andrews 34 Ala. 646 1859 0 Recovery of Enslaved Personsfrom Estate Alabama
Harrell v. Davenport 58 N.C. 4 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Poston v. Gillespie 58 N.C. 258 1859 0 Bill for injunction to set aside deeds North Carolina
Feimster v. Tucker 58 N.C. 69 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State v. Charles 14 La. Ann. 649 1859 0 Criminal law, appeals, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Grimes v. Talbert 14 Md. 169 1859 0 Maryland
Nored v. Adams 39 Tenn. 449 1859 0 Tennessee
Hardin v. Brown 27 Ga. 314 1859 0 Promissory note for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Harrison v. Deramus 33 Ala. 463 1859 0 Contract dispute Alabama
Simon v. State 37 Miss. 288 1859 0 Evidentiary issues in the case of a murder by a runaway Mississippi
Meadows v. Moore 58 N.C. 54 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State v. Willis 52 N.C. 190 1859 0 Burglary North Carolina
Fuller v. Fuller 58 N.C. 223 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Isaac v. State 39 Tenn. 458 1859 0 Tennessee
Sawyer v. Dozier 52 N.C. 7 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
George v. Demouy 14 La. Ann. 145 1859 0 Freedom suit, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Woods v. Sturdevant 38 Miss. 68 1859 0 Gift of enslaved man from a parent to a child. Mississippi
Hurdle v. Richardson 52 N.C. 16 1859 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Robertson v. Fleming 57 N.C. 387 1859 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
State v. Oscar 52 N.C. 305 1859 0 Sexual assault North Carolina