Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hesson v. Hesson 14 Md. 8 1859 1 Maryland
Stocksdale v. Conaway 14 Md. 99 1859 1 Maryland
Marks v. Hill 56 Va. 400 1859 1 Virginia
Bagg v. Jerome 7 Mich. 145 1859 1 Michigan
Holmes v. Rogers 13 Cal. 191 1859 1 California
Pfeltz v. Pfeltz 14 Md. 376 1859 1 Maryland
Lawrence v. Woods 17 N.Y. Super. Ct. 354 1859 1 New York
Wren v. Hynes' administrator 59 Ky. 129 1859 1 Kentucky
Stephens v. People 4 Park. Crim. Rep. 396 1859 1 New York
Cook & Sargent v. Dillon 9 Iowa 407 1859 1 Iowa
Elliott v. Knott 14 Md. 121 1859 1 Maryland
Rhea v. Allison 40 Tenn. 176 1859 1 Tennessee
Ricketts v. Pendleton 14 Md. 320 1859 1 Maryland
Spengler v. Davy 56 Va. 381 1859 1 Virginia
Billingsley v. State 14 Md. 369 1859 1 Maryland
Barnawell v. Smith 58 N.C. 168 1859 1 North Carolina
Mallory v. Lord 29 Barb. 454 1859 1 New York
Reed v. Jones 8 Wis. 392 1859 1 Wisconsin
Dickinson v. Lewis, Garthwaite & Co. 34 Ala. 638 1859 1 Alabama
Barber v. State 34 Ala. 213 1859 1 Alabama