| Case Name | Citation | Year ▼ | Distance from slave case(s) | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice v. Breheny | 7 Del. 74 | 1859 | 1 | Delaware | |
| Watkins v. Wassell | 20 Ark. 410 | 1859 | 1 | Arkansas | |
| Bagg v. Jerome | 7 Mich. 145 | 1859 | 1 | Michigan | |
| Pope & Slocum v. Jacobus | 10 Iowa 262 | 1859 | 1 | Iowa | |
| Williams v. Mears | 2 Disney (Ohio) 604 | 1859 | 1 | Ohio | |
| Levering & Morton v. Washington | 3 Minn. 323 | 1859 | 1 | Minnesota | |
| Gladson v. Whitney | 9 Iowa 267 | 1859 | 1 | Iowa | |
| Berry v. Cooper & Boykin | 28 Ga. 543 | 1859 | 1 | Georgia | |
| Ives v. Finch | 28 Conn. 112 | 1859 | 1 | Connecticut | |
| Wilson v. People | 4 Park. Crim. Rep. 619 | 1859 | 1 | New York | |
| Warford v. Colvin | 14 Md. 532 | 1859 | 1 | Maryland | |
| Hanlon v. City of Keokuk | 7 Iowa 488 | 1859 | 1 | Iowa | |
| Ashley v. Rector | 20 Ark. 359 | 1859 | 1 | Arkansas | |
| Miller v. Barroll | 14 Md. 173 | 1859 | 1 | Maryland | |
| Weisinger v. Murphy | 39 Tenn. 674 | 1859 | 1 | Tennessee | |
| Burt v. Thompson | 40 Tenn. 534 | 1859 | 1 | Tennessee | |
| Overton v. Phelan | 39 Tenn. 445 | 1859 | 1 | Tennessee | |
| Patterson v. Crawford | 12 Ind. 241 | 1859 | 1 | Indiana | |
| Griffith v. Dewitt | 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 186 | 1859 | 1 | Tennessee | |
| Cook & Sargent v. Dillon | 9 Iowa 407 | 1859 | 1 | Iowa |