Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sanborn v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. 16 Wis. 19 1862 1 Wisconsin
Sellers v. Botsford 11 Mich. 59 1862 1 Michigan
Governor v. Read 38 Ala. 252 1862 1 Alabama
State v. McGlynn & Butler 20 Cal. 233 1862 1 California
Brown v. Bulkley 14 N.J. Eq. 294 1862 1 New Jersey
People v. Myers 20 Cal. 518 1862 1 California
Fromme v. Jones 13 Iowa 474 1862 1 Iowa
Barnsback v. Reiner 8 Minn. 59 1862 1 Minnesota
Roberts v. Young 42 Pa. 439 1862 1 Pennsylvania
Duncan v. Taylor 33 Ga. 312 1862 0 wills and trust Supreme court of Georgia
Commonwealth v. Nickerson 87 Mass. 518 1862 1 Massachusetts
Thornberry v. Baxter 24 Ark. 76 1862 0 Fraudulent conveyance of enslaved persons Arkansas
John v. State 33 Ga. 257 1862 0 Murder of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Fowlkes v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad 38 Ala. 310 1862 0 Action to recover damages for death of enslaved person Alabama
Mitchell's Lessee v. Mitchell 18 Md. 405 1862 0 Maryland
Mary v. State 24 Ark. 44 1862 0 Arson by enslaved person Arkansas
United States v. Copeland 25 F. Cas. 646 1862 0 Habeus Corpus/Fugitive Slave Law United States
Clayton v. State 24 Ark. 16 1862 0 Execution on enslaved persons Arkansas
Dennett v. Dennett 43 N.H. 499 1862 1 New Hampshire
Elam v. Moorefield 33 Ga. 167 1862 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia