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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Desverges v. Desverges 31 Ga. 753 1861 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Opinion of Judges Appleton and Kent 46 Me. 579 1861 0 Judicial opinion on fugitive slave laws SC of Maine
In re McDonald 16 F. Cas. 17 1861 1 United States
Trask v. Green 9 Mich. 358 1861 1 Michigan
Cornelius v. Commonwealth 60 Ky. 481 1861 1 Kentucky
Adams v. McMichael 37 Ala. 432 1861 0 Detinue Alabama
United States v. Gordon 25 F. Cas. 1364 1861 0 Human trafficking Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Conway v. Taylor’s Executor 66 U.S. 603 1861 1 United States
Bean v. Fisher 14 Wis. 57 1861 1 Wisconsin
Owens v. Love 9 Fla. 325 1861 0 Redemption of Slaves Held as Security for Money Advanced Supreme Court of FL
McLeod v. Dell 9 Fla. 427 1861 0 Dispute Over the Division of Slaves Left Intestate Supreme Court of FL
Harrell v. Durrance 9 Fla. 490 1861 0 Promissory Note for the Purchase of Property Supreme Court of FL
Armstrong v. Marmaduke 31 Mo. 327 1861 1 Missouri
Lillibridge v. Ross 31 Ga. 730 1861 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Wright’s Appeal 38 Pa. 507 1861 1 Pennsylvania
Guthrie v. Price 23 Ark. 396 1861 1 Arkansas
Stancell v. Kenan 33 Ga. 56 1861 0 Will and testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Matthis v. State 33 Ga. 24 1861 1 Georgia
Tillman v. Chadwick 37 Ala. 317 1861 0 Trespass Alabama
Burton v. Black 32 Ga. 53 1861 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia