Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wright’s Appeal 38 Pa. 507 1861 1 Pennsylvania
West v. Ferguson 57 Va. 270 1861 1 Virginia
Tobey v. Leonard 23 F. Cas. 1324 1861 1 United States
Seighman v. Marshall 17 Md. 550 1861 1 Maryland
Bean v. Fisher 14 Wis. 57 1861 1 Wisconsin
Cornelius v. Commonwealth 60 Ky. 481 1861 1 Kentucky
Armstrong v. Marmaduke 31 Mo. 327 1861 1 Missouri
State v. Stebbins 29 Conn. 463 1861 1 Connecticut
Jones v. Cortes 17 Cal. 487 1861 1 California
Raun v. Reynolds 18 Cal. 275 1861 1 California
State v. Butman 42 N.H. 490 1861 1 New Hampshire
Pomeroy v. Bailey 43 N.H. 118 1861 1 New Hampshire
Chater v. S.F. Sugar Ref. Co. 19 Cal. 219 1861 1 California
In re McDonald 16 F. Cas. 17 1861 1 United States
Conway v. Taylor’s Executor 66 U.S. 603 1861 1 United States
Jessup v. Bridge 11 Iowa 572 1861 1 Iowa
Ellinger v. Crowl 17 Md. 361 1861 1 Maryland
Bertrand v. Elder 23 Ark. 494 1861 1 Arkansas
Boissac v. Downs 16 La. Ann. 187 1861 1 Louisiana
Martin v. Cook 59 N.C. 199 1861 1 North Carolina