Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Taylor v. Strickland 37 Ala. 642 1861 1 Alabama
Harrell v. Durrance 9 Fla. 490 1861 0 Supreme Court of FL
Pue v. Hetzell 16 Md. 539 1861 1 Maryland
Slater v. Wood 22 N.Y. Super. Ct. 15 1861 1 New York
Shaw & Leigh v. First Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church 39 Pa. 226 1861 1 Pennsylvania
Ex parte Merry 26 Tex. 23 1861 0 Texas
Scott v. State 26 Tex. 116 1861 0 Texas
Persse v. Watrous 30 Conn. 139 1861 1 Connecticut
Martin v. Cook 59 N.C. 199 1861 1 North Carolina
Nichols v. Randall 5 Minn. 304 1861 1 Minnesota
Merkle v. State 37 Ala. 139 1861 1 Alabama
Succession of Beckham 16 La. Ann. 352 1861 1 Louisiana
In re Yates 59 N.C. 212 1861 1 North Carolina
Willis v. Harris 26 Tex. 136 1861 1 Texas
Boyd v. Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co. 17 Md. 195 1861 1 Maryland
Josephine v. State 39 Miss. 613 1861 0 Mississippi
Plato v. Roe 14 Wis. 453 1861 1 Wisconsin
Bell v. Bell’s Adm’r 37 Ala. 536 1861 0 Alabama
Burd's Executor v. Burd's Administrator 40 Pa. 182 1861 1 Pennsylvania
Roberts v. Ogbourne 37 Ala. 174 1861 1 Alabama