Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hussey v. Weathersby 51 N.C. 387 1859 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Hudson v. State 34 Ala. 253 1859 0 Indictment for Homicide of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Robson v. Jones 27 Ga. 266 1859 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Hook v. Stovall, Dunn & Co. 26 Ga. 704 1859 0 Action based on promissory note Supreme Court of Georgia
Morrison v. McNeill 51 N.C. 450 1859 0 Fraudulent Conveyance North Carolina
Robertson v. Fleming 57 N.C. 387 1859 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Rand v. Oxford 34 Ala. 474 1859 0 Indictment for trading with enslaved person Alabama
Green v. Banks 24 Tex. 522 1859 0 Texas
Underwood v. Lacapère 14 La. Ann. 276 1859 0 Money judgment, redhibition Louisiana
Sawyer v. Dozier 52 N.C. 7 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Fuller v. Fuller 58 N.C. 223 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Harrison v. Deramus 33 Ala. 463 1859 0 Contract dispute Alabama
Gilkey v. Peeler 22 Tex. 663 1859 1 Texas
Elliott v. Posten 57 N.C. 433 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Jones v. Baird 52 N.C. 152 1859 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Knight v. Brawner 14 Md. 1 1859 0 Maryland
Logan v. Hickman 14 La. Ann. 300 1859 0 Freedom suit, sequestration Louisiana
Lemmon v. People 20 N.Y. 562 1859 0 Recovery for slaves Court of Appeals of New York
Watkins v. State 14 Md. 412 1859 0 Maryland
William v. Reynolds 14 Md. 109 1859 0 Maryland