Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Myers v. Bank of Tennessee 40 Tenn. 330 1859 1 Tennessee
Boyd v. Swing 38 Miss. 182 1859 1 Mississippi
Hall v. Nute 38 N.H. 422 1859 1 New Hampshire
Barnawell v. Smith 58 N.C. 168 1859 1 North Carolina
Nichols v. Denny 37 Miss. 59 1859 1 Mississippi
Wren v. Hynes' administrator 59 Ky. 129 1859 1 Kentucky
Power v. Jenkins 13 Md. 443 1859 1 Maryland
Marr v. Marr 39 Tenn. 303 1859 1 Tennessee
Spengler v. Davy 56 Va. 381 1859 1 Virginia
Stephens v. People 19 N.Y. 549 1859 1 New York
Wilson v. People 4 Park. Crim. Rep. 619 1859 1 New York
Riggins v. McClellan 28 Mo. 23 1859 1 Missouri
Flowers v. Foreman 64 U.S. 132 1859 1 United States
Watkins v. Wassell 20 Ark. 410 1859 1 Arkansas
Hesson v. Hesson 14 Md. 8 1859 1 Maryland
Pfeltz v. Pfeltz 14 Md. 376 1859 1 Maryland
Capehart v. Mhoon 58 N.C. 178 1859 1 North Carolina
Pearson v. McMillan 37 Miss. 588 1859 1 Mississippi
Warford v. Colvin 14 Md. 532 1859 1 Maryland
Bacas v. Klein 14 La. Ann. 407 1859 1 Louisiana