Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sanborn v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. 16 Wis. 19 1862 1 Wisconsin
McDougald's Adm'r v. Carey 38 Ala. 320 1862 1 Alabama
Smith v. Hewett 13 Iowa 94 1862 1 Iowa
Finlay v. Dickerson 29 Ill. 9 1862 1 Illinois
Brown v. Bulkley 14 N.J. Eq. 294 1862 1 New Jersey
Governor v. Read 38 Ala. 252 1862 1 Alabama
Roberts v. Young 42 Pa. 439 1862 1 Pennsylvania
Sellers v. Botsford 11 Mich. 59 1862 1 Michigan
Elliott v. Lochnane 1 Kan. 126 1862 1 Kansas
State v. McGlynn & Butler 20 Cal. 233 1862 1 California
Barnsback v. Reiner 8 Minn. 59 1862 1 Minnesota
Lockwood v. Canfield 20 Cal. 126 1862 1 California
People v. Myers 20 Cal. 518 1862 1 California
Smith v. Austin 9 Mich. 465 1862 1 Michigan
Barron, Meade & Co. v. Paulling 38 Ala. 292 1862 1 Alabama
Mason v. Warner 31 Mo. 508 1862 1 Missouri
Arthur v. Gayle 38 Ala. 259 1862 0 Conversion and Illegal Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Haden v. Tucker 38 Ala. 399 1862 0 Trover for conversion of enslaved person Alabama
Maraman's Administrator v. Maraman 61 Ky. 84 1862 1 Kentucky
Eason v. Cherry 59 N.C. 261 1862 1 North Carolina