Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Power v. Jenkins 13 Md. 443 1859 1 Maryland
Jackson v. Payne’s executors 59 Ky. 567 1859 1 Kentucky
Brown v. Estate of Sumner 31 Vt. 671 1859 1 Vermont
Haynes v. Waite 14 Cal. 446 1859 1 California
Reed v. Jones 8 Wis. 392 1859 1 Wisconsin
Atnip v. Gilbert 1 Shan. Cas. 119 1859 1 Tennessee
Seaburn's Ex'or v. Seaburn 56 Va. 423 1859 1 Virginia
Cantaline v. State 33 Ala. 439 1859 1 Alabama
Williams v. Fitch 18 N.Y. 546 1859 1 New York
Rosenbaum v. State 33 Ala. 354 1859 1 Alabama
Sanford v. Ogden, Ferguson & Co. 34 Ala. 117 1859 1 Alabama
Emery v. Whitwell 6 Mich. 474 1859 1 Michigan
Fowler v. Fisk 12 Cal. 112 1859 1 California
Emerson v. Atwater 7 Mich. 12 1859 1 Michigan
Macumber v. Bradley 28 Conn. 445 1859 1 Connecticut
Harris v. Reynolds 13 Cal. 514 1859 1 California
Smith v. Brannan 13 Cal. 107 1859 1 California
Wyatt v. Stewart 34 Ala. 716 1859 1 Alabama
Rhea v. Allison 40 Tenn. 176 1859 1 Tennessee
Williamson v. Sammons 34 Ala. 691 1859 1 Alabama