Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Doe on the Demise of Foust v. Trice 53 N.C. 490 1862 1 North Carolina
Parker v. Richardson 53 N.C. 452 1862 1 North Carolina
State ex rel. Voullaire v. Tasker 31 Mo. 445 1862 1 Missouri
Sanborn v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. 16 Wis. 19 1862 1 Wisconsin
Fromme v. Jones 13 Iowa 474 1862 1 Iowa
State v. McGlynn & Butler 20 Cal. 233 1862 1 California
Brown v. Bulkley 14 N.J. Eq. 294 1862 1 New Jersey
Governor v. Read 38 Ala. 252 1862 1 Alabama
Barnsback v. Reiner 8 Minn. 59 1862 1 Minnesota
People v. Myers 20 Cal. 518 1862 1 California
Elliott v. Lochnane 1 Kan. 126 1862 1 Kansas
Smith v. Hewett 13 Iowa 94 1862 1 Iowa
Roberts v. Young 42 Pa. 439 1862 1 Pennsylvania
Ryan v. Fowler 24 N.Y. 410 1862 1 New York
Russ v. The Steamboat War Eagle 14 Iowa 363 1862 1 Iowa
McDougald's Adm'r v. Carey 38 Ala. 320 1862 1 Alabama
Laughinghouse v. Laughinghouse 38 Ala. 257 1862 1 Alabama
Sellers v. Botsford 11 Mich. 59 1862 1 Michigan
Scott v. Simes 23 N.Y. Super. Ct. 314 1863 1 New York
Dayton v. Fry 29 Ill. 525 1863 1 Illinois