Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Melins v. Horne 29 Ga. 536 1859 1 Georgia
Folck v. Smith 13 Md. 85 1859 1 Maryland
Clapp v. Clapp 6 R.I. 129 1859 1 Rhode Island
Beall v. Pearre 12 Md. 550 1859 1 Maryland
Wilson v. Hinsley 13 Md. 64 1859 1 Maryland
Hassell v. Southern Bank of Kentucky 39 Tenn. 381 1859 1 Tennessee
Wainscott v. Silvers 13 Ind. 497 1859 1 Indiana
State ex rel. D. W. Moore & Co. v. Mayugh 13 Md. 371 1859 1 Maryland
Robbins v. Wolcott 28 Conn. 396 1859 1 Connecticut
Zimmerman v. Judah 13 Ind. 286 1859 1 Indiana
Horne v. Black 24 Tex. 293 1859 1 Texas
Smith v. Fly 24 Tex. 345 1859 1 Texas
Forbes v. Dunham 24 Tex. 611 1859 1 Texas
Pickering v. Pickering 38 N.H. 400 1859 1 New Hampshire
Morgan v. State 13 Ind. 215 1859 1 Indiana
Dickerson v. Chrisman 28 Mo. 134 1859 1 Missouri
Watkins v. Wassell 20 Ark. 410 1859 1 Arkansas
Barbee v. Holder 24 Tex. 225 1859 1 Texas
Riggins v. McClellan 28 Mo. 23 1859 1 Missouri
Overton v. Phelan 39 Tenn. 445 1859 1 Tennessee