Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
People v. Rix 6 Mich. 144 1858 1 Michigan
Spinning v. Ohio Life Insurance & Trust Co. 2 Disney (Ohio) 336 1858 1 Ohio
Creech v. Jones 37 Tenn. 631 1858 1 Tennessee
Dowell v. Winters 20 Tex. 793 1858 1 Texas
Briggs v. Smith 5 R.I. 213 1858 1 Rhode Island
Runkle v. Gates 11 Ind. 95 1858 1 Indiana
Sutton v. Sears 10 Ind. 223 1858 1 Indiana
Hartshorne v. Ross 2 Disney (Ohio) 15 1858 1 Ohio
State v. Nash 7 Iowa 347 1858 1 Iowa
James v. Drake 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 170 1858 1 Tennessee
Beekman v. People 27 Barb. 260 1858 1 New York
Watson v. Williams 36 Miss. 331 1858 1 Mississippi
Crooker v. Crooker 46 Me. 250 1858 1 Maine
Saltmarsh v. Smith 32 Ala. 404 1858 1 Alabama
Commonwealth v. Jenkins 76 Mass. 485 1858 1 Massachusetts
Tinney v. Stebbins 28 Barb. 290 1858 1 New York
State v. Dunnington 12 Md. 340 1858 1 Maryland
Seabrook v. Seabrook 31 S.C. Eq. 495 1858 1 South Carolina
Keller v. State 12 Md. 322 1858 1 Maryland
Rump v. Commonwealth 30 Pa. 475 1858 1 Pennsylvania