| Case Name | Citation | Year ▲ | Distance from slave case(s) | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grover v. Grover | 30 Mo. 400 | 1860 | 1 | Missouri | |
| Haynes v. Courtney | 15 La. Ann. 630 | 1860 | 0 | Louisiana | |
| Knight v. Knight | 59 N.C. 134 | 1860 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Persse v. Watrous | 30 Conn. 139 | 1861 | 1 | Connecticut | |
| Coolidge v. Melvin | 42 N.H. 510 | 1861 | 1 | New Hampshire | |
| Bell v. Bell’s Adm’r | 37 Ala. 536 | 1861 | 0 | Alabama | |
| Castro v. Richardson | 18 Cal. 478 | 1861 | 1 | California | |
| Reynolds v. Roebuck | 37 Ala. 408 | 1861 | 0 | Alabama | |
| Humphries v. Dawson | 38 Ala. 199 | 1861 | 0 | Alabama | |
| Folsom v. Carli | 5 Minn. 333 | 1861 | 1 | Minnesota | |
| Wilson v. Hunter | 14 Wis. 683 | 1861 | 1 | Wisconsin | |
| Grove's Appeal | 37 Pa. 443 | 1861 | 1 | Pennsylvania | |
| Sterrett's Executor v. Kaster | 37 Ala. 366 | 1861 | 0 | Alabama | |
| Hancock v. Watson | 18 Cal. 137 | 1861 | 1 | California | |
| Merrill v. Rhodes | 37 Ala. 449 | 1861 | 0 | Alabama | |
| Cook v. Baine | 37 Ala. 350 | 1861 | 0 | Alabama | |
| Stone v. Watson | 37 Ala. 279 | 1861 | 0 | Alabama | |
| Waldo v. Rice | 14 Wis. 286 | 1861 | 1 | Wisconsin | |
| Nicholls v. Skeel | 12 Iowa 300 | 1861 | 1 | Iowa | |
| In re Yates | 59 N.C. 212 | 1861 | 1 | North Carolina |