Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Chase v. Plummer 17 Md. 165 1861 0 Maryland
Wooten v. Calahan 32 Ga. 382 1861 0 False Representation Supreme Court of Georgia
Arnold v. Booth 14 Wis. 180 1861 1 Wisconsin
Spencer v. McDonald 22 Ark. 466 1861 0 Adverse possession of enslaved persons Arkansas
Pope's heirs v. Boyd's adx. 22 Ark. 535 1861 0 Sale of enslaved persons for debt of estate Arkansas
West v. Ferguson 57 Va. 270 1861 1 Virginia
Tobey v. Leonard 23 F. Cas. 1324 1861 1 United States
McKee's Administrators v. McKee's Administrators 16 Md. 516 1861 0 Maryland
O’Connell v. State 6 Minn. 279 1861 1 Minnesota
McCurdy v. Terry 33 Ga. 49 1861 0 Recovery for Covenant Supreme Court of Georgia
Cecil v. Rose 17 Md. 92 1861 0 Maryland
Cleland v. Low 32 Ga. 458 1861 0 Contract dispute over slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Montgomery v. Morris 32 Ga. 173 1861 0 Fraud Supreme Court of Georgia
Ammons v. State 9 Fla. 530 1861 0 Indictment for "Sale of Whiskey to a Negro" in Alabama where there is a Dispute over Change of Venue and the Correct Emobdiment of the Transcript Supreme Court of FL
Janes ex rel. Vanover v. Horton 32 Ga. 245 1861 0 Property (slave) not delivered to plaintiff Supreme Court of Georgia
Maddox vs. Negroes Price 17 Md. 413 1861 0 Maryland
Jones v. Cortes 17 Cal. 487 1861 1 California
Gill v. Strozier 32 Ga. 688 1861 0 Conversion of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Jessup v. Bridge 11 Iowa 572 1861 1 Iowa
Ward v. State 37 Ala. 158 1861 0 Indictment for Gaming with an Enslaved Person Alabama