Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Knox v. North Carolina Rail Road 51 N.C. 415 1859 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Cox v. Humphrey 51 N.C. 405 1859 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Emanuel v. State 36 Miss. 627 1859 0 Entitlement of enslaved men to habeaus corpus after felony conviction Mississippi
Morgan's Adm'r v. Morgan's Distributees 35 Ala. 303 1859 0 Will & trust Alabama
Allen v. Miles 36 Miss. 640 1859 0 Accounting of separate estate of wife Mississippi
Bagly v. Birmingham 23 Tex. 452 1859 0 Texas
Jenkins v. Gowen 37 Miss. 444 1859 0 Replevin to recover possession of enslaved woman Mississippi
Compton v. Perry 23 Tex. 414 1859 0 Texas
Montague v. Gaddis 37 Miss. 453 1859 0 Attachment of slaves Mississippi
Green v. Rugely 23 Tex. 539 1859 0 Texas
Dunlap v. Hearn 37 Miss. 471 1859 0 Evidentiary issues in title to enslaved woman Mississippi
Wilson v. Horne 37 Miss. 477 1859 0 Recovery of the amount of promissory note Mississippi
Powell v. De Blane 23 Tex. 66 1859 0 Texas
Stubbs v. Houston 33 Ala. 555 1859 0 Probate dispute Alabama
Pridgen v. Buchannon 24 Tex. 655 1859 0 Texas
Hill v. Townsend 24 Tex. 575 1859 0 Texas
Westbrook v. State 24 Tex. 563 1859 0 Texas
Greenwood v. Coleman 34 Ala. 150 1859 0 Enforce Voluntary Conveyance Alabama
Simons v. Simons 23 Tex. 344 1859 0 Texas
Kelly v. Weaver 37 Miss. 631 1859 0 Ursurious contract Mississippi