| Case Name | Citation | Year ▼ | Distance from slave case(s) | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaw & Leigh v. First Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church | 39 Pa. 226 | 1861 | 1 | Pennsylvania | |
| Hughes v. State | 2 Miss. Dec. 88 | 1861 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Folsom v. Carli | 5 Minn. 333 | 1861 | 1 | Minnesota | |
| Weathersby v. Weathersby | 39 Miss. 652 | 1861 | 0 | Mississippi | |
| Stevens v. Hatch | 6 Minn. 64 | 1861 | 1 | Minnesota | |
| Waldo v. Rice | 14 Wis. 286 | 1861 | 1 | Wisconsin | |
| Nicholls v. Skeel | 12 Iowa 300 | 1861 | 1 | Iowa | |
| Howard v. Thomas | 12 Ohio St. 201 | 1861 | 1 | Ohio | |
| Wilson v. Hunter | 14 Wis. 683 | 1861 | 1 | Wisconsin | |
| Harrell v. De Normandie | 26 Tex. 120 | 1861 | 1 | Texas | |
| Succession of Beckham | 16 La. Ann. 352 | 1861 | 1 | Louisiana | |
| Jeffries v. Lawson | 39 Miss. 791 | 1861 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Megee v. Beirne | 39 Pa. 50 | 1861 | 1 | Pennsylvania | |
| Hancock v. Watson | 18 Cal. 137 | 1861 | 1 | California | |
| Kohner v. Ashenauer | 17 Cal. 578 | 1861 | 1 | California | |
| Roberts v. Ogbourne | 37 Ala. 174 | 1861 | 1 | Alabama | |
| Dowell v. Jacks | 53 N.C. 387 | 1861 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Crane v. Hirshfelder | 17 Cal. 467 | 1861 | 1 | California | |
| Johnson v. Hines | 31 Ga. 720 | 1861 | 1 | Georgia | |
| Woodson v. McCune | 17 Cal. 298 | 1861 | 1 | California |