Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Heacock v. Swartwout 28 Ill. 291 1862 1 Illinois
Smith v. Allen 87 Mass. 454 1862 1 Massachusetts
Cecil v. Harrington 18 Md. 510 1862 0 Maryland
Elam v. Moorefield 33 Ga. 167 1862 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Walls v. Garrison 33 Ga. 341 1862 0 Testament in will Supreme Court of Georgia
Read v. Howe 13 Iowa 50 1862 1 Iowa
Dawson v. People 25 N.Y. 399 1862 1 New York
Delony v. Delony 24 Ark. 7 1862 0 Gift of enslaved persons Arkansas
Clayton v. State 24 Ark. 16 1862 0 Execution on enslaved persons Arkansas
Mary v. State 24 Ark. 44 1862 0 Arson by enslaved person Arkansas
Lamb v. Girtman 33 Ga. 289 1862 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
American Baptist Missionary Union v. Peck 10 Mich. 341 1862 1 Michigan
Schoonover v. Myers 28 Ill. 308 1862 1 Illinois
Macrea v. Nolan 33 Ga. 205 1862 0 Levy and claim Georgia
Chaires v. Brady 10 Fla. 133 1862 0 Redemption of Slaves Mortgaged by Testators for an Advance of Money Supreme Court of FL
Mitchell's Lessee v. Mitchell 18 Md. 405 1862 0 Maryland
Thornberry v. Baxter 24 Ark. 76 1862 0 Fraudulent conveyance of enslaved persons Arkansas
Beatty v. Clark 20 Cal. 11 1862 1 California
Cornett v. Fain 33 Ga. 219 1862 0 action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Albro v. Dayton 28 Ill. 325 1862 1 Illinois