Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Guthrie v. Price 23 Ark. 396 1861 1 Arkansas
Divine v. Bullock 60 Ky. 418 1861 1 Kentucky
West v. Ferguson 57 Va. 270 1861 1 Virginia
Bertrand v. Elder 23 Ark. 494 1861 1 Arkansas
Ellinger v. Crowl 17 Md. 361 1861 1 Maryland
Forrest v. Forrest 21 N.Y. Super. Ct. 640 1861 1 New York
In re McDonald 16 F. Cas. 17 1861 1 United States
Tobey v. Leonard 23 F. Cas. 1324 1861 1 United States
Arnold v. Booth 14 Wis. 180 1861 1 Wisconsin
Cornelius v. Commonwealth 60 Ky. 481 1861 1 Kentucky
Armstrong v. Marmaduke 31 Mo. 327 1861 1 Missouri
Bean v. Fisher 14 Wis. 57 1861 1 Wisconsin
State v. Stebbins 29 Conn. 463 1861 1 Connecticut
Raun v. Reynolds 18 Cal. 275 1861 1 California
Jones v. Cortes 17 Cal. 487 1861 1 California
Chater v. S.F. Sugar Ref. Co. 19 Cal. 219 1861 1 California
Matthis v. State 33 Ga. 24 1861 1 Georgia
Purkitt v. Polack 17 Cal. 327 1861 1 California
Dorsey v. Hagerstown Bank 17 Md. 408 1861 1 Maryland
Seighman v. Marshall 17 Md. 550 1861 1 Maryland