Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Jenkins v. Gowen 37 Miss. 444 1859 0 Replevin to recover possession of enslaved woman Mississippi
Allen v. Miles 36 Miss. 640 1859 0 Accounting of separate estate of wife Mississippi
Emanuel v. State 36 Miss. 627 1859 0 Entitlement of enslaved men to habeaus corpus after felony conviction Mississippi
Watson v. State 36 Miss. 593 1859 0 Larceny of slaves by white man Mississippi
Gibson v. Jayne 37 Miss. 164 1859 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi
Parker's Heirs v. Parker's Adm'r 33 Ala. 459 1859 1 Alabama
Seale v. Chambliss 35 Ala. 19 1859 1 Alabama
Turner v. Eford 58 N.C. 106 1859 1 North Carolina
Sprowl v. Lawrence 33 Ala. 674 1859 1 Alabama
Minor v. State 36 Miss. 630 1859 0 Whether enslaved man is entitled to a writ of error in non-capital cases Mississippi
Simon v. State 37 Miss. 288 1859 0 Evidentiary issues in the case of a murder by a runaway Mississippi
Heirn v. Bridault 37 Miss. 209 1859 0 Rights of alien free negroes Mississippi
Woods v. Sturdevant 38 Miss. 68 1859 0 Gift of enslaved man from a parent to a child. Mississippi
Alfred v. State 37 Miss. 296 1859 0 Evidence in case of murder committed enslaved man Mississippi
Kelly v. Davis 37 Miss. 76 1859 0 Will in probate Mississippi
Haralson v. White 38 Miss. 178 1859 0 Voucher for payment of judgement Mississippi
Anonymous 35 Ala. 226 1859 1 Alabama
Rhodes v. Otis 33 Ala. 578 1859 1 Alabama
Hanlon v. City of Keokuk 7 Iowa 488 1859 1 Iowa
Weisinger v. Murphy 39 Tenn. 674 1859 1 Tennessee