Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Boardman v. Dean 34 Pa. 252 1859 1 Pennsylvania
Webber v. Taylor 58 N.C. 36 1859 1 North Carolina
Draper v. Jordan 58 N.C. 175 1859 1 North Carolina
Meyer v. Kinzer 12 Cal. 247 1859 1 California
Wood v. Reeves 58 N.C. 271 1859 1 North Carolina
Smith v. Ashurst 34 Ala. 208 1859 1 Alabama
Ramsey v. Lewis 30 Barb. 403 1859 1 New York
Ponton v. Bellows 22 Tex. 681 1859 1 Texas
State ex rel. Wilkerson v. Dunn 52 N.C. 125 1859 1 North Carolina
Day v. Webb 28 Conn. 140 1859 1 Connecticut
Selden, Withers & Co. v. Bank of Commerce 3 Minn. 166 1859 1 Minnesota
Veiths v. Hagge 8 Iowa 163 1859 1 Iowa
Boggs v. Merced Mining Co. 14 Cal. 279 1859 1 California
Gill v. Campbell 24 Tex. 405 1859 1 Texas
Taylor v. Gillean 23 Tex. 508 1859 1 Texas
Thomas v. Brown 10 Ohio St. 247 1859 1 Ohio
Gates v. Shutts 7 Mich. 127 1859 1 Michigan
Montgomery v. Culton 23 Tex. 156 1859 1 Texas
Springer v. Walters 34 Pa. 328 1859 1 Pennsylvania
Krebs v. Krebs' Executor 35 Ala. 293 1859 1 Alabama