Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Herschfeldt v. George 6 Mich. 456 1859 1 Michigan
Ableman v. Booth 11 Wis. 498 1859 1 Wisconsin
Rhea v. White 40 Tenn. 121 1859 0 Tennessee
Hines v. State 26 Ga. 614 1859 0 Indictment for selling liquor to slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Parker v. Kane 63 U.S. 1 1859 1 United States
City of Covington v. Powell 59 Ky. 226 1859 1 Kentucky
Swails v. Bushart 39 Tenn. 561 1859 0 Tennessee
Cooke's Lessee v. Kell 13 Md. 469 1859 1 Maryland
Goss v. Eberhart 29 Ga. 545 1859 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Wilkinson v. Flowers 37 Miss. 579 1859 1 Mississippi
Allen v. Prater 35 Ala. 169 1859 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Reynolds v. Juliet 14 Md. 118 1859 0 Maryland
Clark v. Gautier 8 Fla. 360 1859 0 Detainment of a Freed Man Supreme Court of FL
Hooker v. Johnson 8 Fla. 453 1859 0 Dispute over an Agreement to Share Profits Supreme Court of FL
Jones v. Dexter 8 Fla. 276 1859 0 Distribution of Estate Supreme Court of FL
Stephenson v. Harrison 40 Tenn. 728 1859 0 Tennessee
Anderson v. McCullough 40 Tenn. 614 1859 0 Tennessee
Fenner v. Manchester 6 R.I. 140 1859 1 Rhode Island
Lockett v. Mims 27 Ga. 207 1859 0 Presumption of a gift Supreme Court of Georgia
Hook v. Stovall, Dunn & Co. 26 Ga. 704 1859 0 Action based on promissory note Supreme Court of Georgia