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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Pool's Heirs v. Pool's Executor 33 Ala. 145 1858 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Jones v. State 13 La. Ann. 406 1858 0 Emancipation, Louisiana
Walker v. Walker 25 Ga. 420 1858 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Reed 12 Md. 263 1858 0 Maryland
Trammell v. Shropshire 22 Tex. 327 1858 0 Texas
Wilson v. Porter 13 La. Ann. 407 1858 0 Dispute over ownership of enslaved person, authentic acts Louisiana
Keaton v. Scott 25 Ga. 652 1858 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Sanderlin v. Sanderlin 24 Ga. 583 1858 0 Property dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Davis v. Boyd 51 N.C. 249 1858 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Pyron v. Parker 25 Ga. 17 1858 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Williamson v. Williamson 57 N.C. 281 1858 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Doe on demise of Howard v. Howard 51 N.C. 235 1858 0 Action of ejectment North Carolina
State v. George 50 N.C. 233 1858 0 Murder North Carolina
Airs v. Billops 57 N.C. 17 1858 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Baker v. Pender 50 N.C. 351 1858 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Cook v. State 26 Ga. 593 1858 0 Indictment for harboring slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Deaton v. Munroe 57 N.C. 39 1858 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Ward v. Riddick 57 N.C. 22 1858 0 Gifts North Carolina
Prince v. Broach 37 Tenn. 318 1858 0 Tennessee
Roberts v. Boylan 24 Ga. 40 1858 0 Personal Property Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia