Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Holt v. Bacon 30 Conn. 21 1861 0 Seizure of alleged slaving vessel Connecticut
United States v. The Reindeer 2 Cliff. 57 1861 0 United States
King v. Kenan 38 Ala. 63 1861 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
Boissac v. Downs 16 La. Ann. 187 1861 1 Louisiana
Plato v. Roe 14 Wis. 453 1861 1 Wisconsin
Woodruff v. Woodruff 32 Ga. 358 1861 1 Georgia
Johnson v. Hines 31 Ga. 720 1861 1 Georgia
Woodson v. McCune 17 Cal. 298 1861 1 California
Pue v. Hetzell 16 Md. 539 1861 1 Maryland
Jennings v. Hodges 16 La. Ann. 321 1861 1 Louisiana
Crane v. Hirshfelder 17 Cal. 467 1861 1 California
Nunnally v. White's executors 60 Ky. 584 1861 1 Kentucky
Townsend v. Gordon 19 Cal. 188 1861 1 California