Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Simon v. State 37 Miss. 288 1859 0 Evidentiary issues in the case of a murder by a runaway Mississippi
Miller v. Garrett 35 Ala. 96 1859 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
Rainey v. Rainey 35 Ala. 282 1859 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Johnson v. Hoyle 40 Tenn. 56 1859 0 Tennessee
Davis v. Christian 56 Va. 11 1859 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Latimer v. Rogers 40 Tenn. 692 1859 0 Tennessee
Buckley v. Cunningham 34 Ala. 69 1859 0 Breach of Warranty for Sale of Enslaved Person Alabama
Huggins & Ransom v. Moore 40 Tenn. 426 1859 0 Tennessee
Bennett v. Bennett 34 Ala. 53 1859 0 Action Against Deceased Adm'r Alabama
Brown v. Brooks 52 N.C. 93 1859 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Minor v. State 36 Miss. 630 1859 0 Whether enslaved man is entitled to a writ of error in non-capital cases Mississippi
Fall v. Roper 40 Tenn. 485 1859 0 Tennessee
Huckabee's Adm'r v. Andrews 34 Ala. 646 1859 0 Recovery of Enslaved Personsfrom Estate Alabama
Fairbairn v. Fisher 57 N.C. 390 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Fairly v. Fairly 38 Miss. 280 1859 0 Purchase of slaves by agent with funds of the principle, consideration issues Mississippi
Page v. Luther 51 N.C. 413 1859 0 Indictment for selling liquor to a slave North Carolina
Wynne v. Latham 51 N.C. 329 1859 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Parish's Adm'r v. Galloway 34 Ala. 163 1859 0 Recovery of enslaved persons Alabama
McGinnis v. Harris 52 N.C. 213 1859 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Emanuel v. State 36 Miss. 627 1859 0 Entitlement of enslaved men to habeaus corpus after felony conviction Mississippi