Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Harrington v. McLean 58 N.C. 135 1859 0 North Carolina
Spear v. Newell 22 F. Cas. 904 1859 1 United States
Morgan's Adm'r v. Morgan's Distributees 35 Ala. 303 1859 0 Alabama
Harrison v. Ward 58 N.C. 236 1859 0 North Carolina
City of Covington v. Powell 59 Ky. 226 1859 1 Kentucky
Nelson v. Goree'r Adm'r 34 Ala. 565 1859 0 Alabama
Evans v. Greenhow 56 Va. 153 1859 1 Virginia
United States v. Amy 24 F. Cas. 792 1859 0 Cir. Ct., D. VA
The Henry 4 Blatchf. 359 1859 0 Civil Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Haynes v. Jones 39 Tenn. 372 1859 0 Tennessee
Blakey's Heirs v. Blakey's Executrix 33 Ala. 611 1859 0 Alabama
Adams v. Mayor of Somerville 39 Tenn. 363 1859 0 Tennessee
Sims v. Yazoo & Big Black Plank Road Co. 38 Miss. 23 1859 1 Mississippi
McDonald v. McDonald 58 N.C. 211 1859 0 North Carolina
Jarman v. Ellis 52 N.C. 77 1859 0 North Carolina
Emerson v. Atwater 7 Mich. 12 1859 1 Michigan
Cecil v. Rose 14 Md. 64 1859 0 Maryland
Hunt v. White 24 Tex. 643 1859 0 Texas
Johnston’s Estate 33 Pa. 511 1859 1 Pennsylvania
Town Council of Cahaba v. Burnett 34 Ala. 400 1859 1 Alabama