Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gates v. Shutts 7 Mich. 127 1859 1 Michigan
Reeves v. Steele 39 Tenn. 647 1859 0 Tennessee
Seay v. Young 39 Tenn. 417 1859 0 Tennessee
Lane v. Crutchfield 40 Tenn. 452 1859 0 Tennessee
Huggins & Ransom v. Moore 40 Tenn. 426 1859 0 Tennessee
Acuff v. Rice 40 Tenn. 293 1859 0 Tennessee
Overton v. Allen 40 Tenn. 440 1859 0 Tennessee
Norton v. Moore 40 Tenn. 480 1859 0 Tennessee
Portevant v. Neylaus 38 Miss. 104 1859 1 Mississippi
Wheeler v. Friend 22 Tex. 683 1859 1 Texas
Huckabee's Adm'r v. Andrews 34 Ala. 646 1859 0 Alabama
Jackson v. Barron 37 N.H. 494 1859 1 New Hampshire
Alexandrie v. Saloy 14 La. Ann. 327 1859 0 Louisiana
McCaleb v. Estate of Fluker 14 La. Ann. 316 1859 0 Louisiana
Meyer v. Kinzer 12 Cal. 247 1859 1 California
Wood v. Reeves 58 N.C. 271 1859 1 North Carolina
Roper v. Roper 58 N.C. 16 1859 1 North Carolina
Glen v. Kimbrough 58 N.C. 173 1859 1 North Carolina
Robertson v. Wilson 38 N.H. 48 1859 1 New Hampshire
Pless v. Coble 58 N.C. 231 1859 1 North Carolina