Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ponder v. Cox 28 Ga. 305 1859 0 Recovery for freedom Supreme Court of Georgia
Gilmore v. Johnson 29 Ga. 67 1859 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Acuff v. Rice 40 Tenn. 293 1859 0 Tennessee
Grimes v. Talbert 14 Md. 169 1859 0 Maryland
Reynolds v. Juliet 14 Md. 118 1859 0 Maryland
Blackman v. Johnson 35 Ala. 252 1859 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Allen v. Prater 35 Ala. 169 1859 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Athey v. Olive 34 Ala. 711 1859 0 Action for purchase of enslaved person Alabama
Ross v. Hawkins 29 Ga. 261 1859 0 Equity action Georgia
Rogers v. Rogers 39 Tenn. 660 1859 0 Tennessee
Pierce v. Wilson 34 Ala. 596 1859 0 Recission of contract on grounds of fraud Alabama
Nelson v. Hall 58 N.C. 32 1859 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Pulliam v. Aler 56 Va. 54 1859 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Hardin v. Brown 27 Ga. 314 1859 0 Promissory note for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
McNeill's Adm'r v. McNeill 35 Ala. 30 1859 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Martin v. McConnell 29 Ga. 204 1859 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Hudson v. State 34 Ala. 253 1859 0 Indictment for Homicide of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Edmonds' Ex'rs v. Goodwyn 28 Ga. 38 1859 0 Will and Testament Suprem Court of Georgia
Hill v. State 28 Ga. 604 1859 0 Murder case Supreme Court of Georgia
Morgan's Adm'r v. Morgan's Distributees 35 Ala. 303 1859 0 Will & trust Alabama