Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
In re Yates 59 N.C. 212 1861 1 North Carolina
Howard v. Thomas 12 Ohio St. 201 1861 1 Ohio
Jeffries v. Lawson 39 Miss. 791 1861 1 Mississippi
Megee v. Beirne 39 Pa. 50 1861 1 Pennsylvania
Waldo v. Rice 14 Wis. 286 1861 1 Wisconsin
Martin v. Cook 59 N.C. 199 1861 1 North Carolina
Cunningham v. Frandtzen 26 Tex. 34 1861 1 Texas
Grove's Appeal 37 Pa. 443 1861 1 Pennsylvania
Shaw & Leigh v. First Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church 39 Pa. 226 1861 1 Pennsylvania
Steele v. Townsend 37 Ala. 247 1861 1 Alabama
People v. Bonney 19 Cal. 426 1861 1 California
Wilson v. Hunter 14 Wis. 683 1861 1 Wisconsin
Harrell v. De Normandie 26 Tex. 120 1861 1 Texas
Castro v. Richardson 18 Cal. 478 1861 1 California
Arnold v. Cord 16 Ind. 177 1861 1 Indiana
Hager v. Thomson 66 U.S. 80 1861 1 United States
Doe on the Demise of Gardner v. Klutts 53 N.C. 375 1861 1 North Carolina
Dowell v. Jacks 53 N.C. 387 1861 1 North Carolina
Nicholls v. Skeel 12 Iowa 300 1861 1 Iowa
Folsom v. Carli 5 Minn. 333 1861 1 Minnesota