Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Butman 42 N.H. 490 1861 1 New Hampshire
Pomeroy v. Bailey 43 N.H. 118 1861 1 New Hampshire
Davis v. Commonwealth 57 Va. 134 1861 1 Virginia
Cox v. State 32 Ga. 515 1861 0 action for murder of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Mann v. Macon & Western Railroad 32 Ga. 345 1861 0 Action to recover damages from railroad company for death of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Gimon v. Terrell 38 Ala. 208 1861 0 Trover Alabama
United States v. Westervelt 28 F. Cas. 529 1861 0 Indictment of slave trader Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Divine v. Bullock 60 Ky. 418 1861 1 Kentucky
State v. Carver 49 Me. 588 1861 1 Maine
Otto v. Durege 14 Wis. 571 1861 1 Wisconsin
Nichols v. Randall 5 Minn. 304 1861 1 Minnesota
Tyler v. Willis 13 Abb. Pr. 369 1861 1 New York
Wheaton v. Neville 19 Cal. 41 1861 1 California
Morrison v. Myers 11 Iowa 538 1861 1 Iowa
Chaska Co. v. Board of Supervisors 6 Minn. 204 1861 1 Minnesota
Willis v. Harris 26 Tex. 136 1861 1 Texas
Boyd v. Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co. 17 Md. 195 1861 1 Maryland
Pue v. Hetzell 16 Md. 539 1861 1 Maryland
Burd's Executor v. Burd's Administrator 40 Pa. 182 1861 1 Pennsylvania
Whiteford v. Munroe 17 Md. 135 1861 1 Maryland