Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
O’Connell v. State 6 Minn. 279 1861 1 Minnesota
Jones v. Cortes 17 Cal. 487 1861 1 California
Trask v. Green 9 Mich. 358 1861 1 Michigan
Raun v. Reynolds 18 Cal. 275 1861 1 California
Guthrie v. Price 23 Ark. 396 1861 1 Arkansas
Chater v. S.F. Sugar Ref. Co. 19 Cal. 219 1861 1 California
In re McDonald 16 F. Cas. 17 1861 1 United States
Divine v. Bullock 60 Ky. 418 1861 1 Kentucky
State v. Butman 42 N.H. 490 1861 1 New Hampshire
Seighman v. Marshall 17 Md. 550 1861 1 Maryland
Cornelius v. Commonwealth 60 Ky. 481 1861 1 Kentucky
Wright’s Appeal 38 Pa. 507 1861 1 Pennsylvania
Davis v. Commonwealth 57 Va. 134 1861 1 Virginia
Tobey v. Leonard 23 F. Cas. 1324 1861 1 United States
Newman v. State 14 Wis. 393 1861 1 Wisconsin
Bean v. Fisher 14 Wis. 57 1861 1 Wisconsin
Ellinger v. Crowl 17 Md. 361 1861 1 Maryland
Dorsey v. Hagerstown Bank 17 Md. 408 1861 1 Maryland
Jessup v. Bridge 11 Iowa 572 1861 1 Iowa
Dodge v. Hopkins 14 Wis. 630 1861 1 Wisconsin