Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Morrison v. White 16 La. Ann. 100 1861 0 Sale of slave, Freedom Louisiana
Pelham v. Steamboat Messenger 16 La. Ann. 99 1861 0 Sale of Slave, Death of Slave Louisiana
Smith v. Porter 16 La. Ann. 370 1861 0 Property, Wills Louisiana
Bell v. Bell’s Adm’r 37 Ala. 536 1861 0 Action to recover Enslaved Person from estate Alabama
Taylor v. Strickland 37 Ala. 642 1861 1 Alabama
Ormond v. Martin 37 Ala. 598 1861 1 Alabama
People ex rel. Hoyt v. Commissioners of Taxes 9 N.Y. 224 1861 0 Taxation of New York resident with slaves in another state? Court of Appeals of New York
Engles v. Marshall 19 Cal. 320 1861 1 California
Cox v. Britt 22 Ark. 567 1861 0 Inheritance of enslaved persons (clerical mistake in will) Arkansas
State v. Bartlett 43 N.H. 224 1861 1 New Hampshire
Pittsfield Bank v. Clough 43 N.H. 178 1861 1 New Hampshire
Williams v. Ivey 37 Ala. 244 1861 1 Alabama
Nelms v. Prewitt 37 Ala. 389 1861 1 Alabama
Hill v. State 23 Ark. 604 1861 0 Administration of estate with enslaved persons Arkansas
Ben v. State 37 Ala. 103 1861 0 Wrongful detention of a enslaved person Alabama
Smith v. Johnson 37 Ala. 633 1861 1 Alabama
White v. Brantley 37 Ala. 430 1861 1 Alabama
Ex parte Maxwell 37 Ala. 362 1861 1 Alabama
Lewis v. McAfee 32 Ga. 465 1861 0 Action brought to recover cost of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Ward v. Cameron's Adm'rs 37 Ala. 691 1861 1 Alabama