Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sims v. Yazoo & Big Black Plank Road Co. 38 Miss. 23 1859 1 Mississippi
Jackson v. Payne’s executors 59 Ky. 567 1859 1 Kentucky
Hodges v. Little 52 N.C. 145 1859 0 North Carolina
The Orion 18 F. Cas. 817 1859 0 Civil District Court, S.D. New York
The Henry 4 Blatchf. 359 1859 0 Civil Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Holt v. Hogan 58 N.C. 82 1859 0 North Carolina
Moore v. Simmons 39 Tenn. 545 1859 0 Tennessee
Spear v. Newell 22 F. Cas. 904 1859 1 United States
Blakey's Heirs v. Blakey's Executrix 33 Ala. 611 1859 0 Alabama
Vance v. Vance 59 Ky. 581 1859 1 Kentucky
Reynolds v. Lewis 14 Md. 116 1859 0 Maryland
Beaupied v. Jennings 28 Mo. 254 1859 1 Missouri
Stephenson v. Harrison 40 Tenn. 728 1859 0 Tennessee
Wilkinson v. Flowers 37 Miss. 579 1859 1 Mississippi
Landrum v. Russell 29 Ga. 405 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Emerson v. Atwater 7 Mich. 12 1859 1 Michigan
McDonald v. McDonald 58 N.C. 211 1859 0 North Carolina
Johnston’s Estate 33 Pa. 511 1859 1 Pennsylvania
Lessee of Lore v. Truman 10 Ohio St. 45 1859 1 Ohio
Adams v. Mayor of Somerville 39 Tenn. 363 1859 0 Tennessee