Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dickinson v. Solomons 26 Ga. 684 1859 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Parkinson v. State 14 Md. 184 1859 0 Maryland
Clinton v. Estes 20 Ark. 216 1859 0 Contract capacity dispute Arkansas
Tarry v. Brown 34 Ala. 159 1859 0 Trespass Alabama
Dickinson v. Lewis, Garthwaite & Co. 34 Ala. 638 1859 1 Alabama
Tallahassee Rail-Road v. Macon 8 Fla. 299 1859 0 Recovery of Value for a Deceased Slave Supreme Court of FL
Bell v. Mayor of Vicksburg 64 U.S. 443 1859 1 United States
Fears v. Lynch 28 Ga. 249 1859 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
McCartney's Executors v. Bone 33 Ala. 601 1859 1 Alabama
Broome v. Alston 8 Fla. 307 1859 0 Use of Slaves to Secure a Mortgage Supreme Court of FL
Lemmon v. People 20 N.Y. 562 1859 0 Recovery for slaves Court of Appeals of New York
Dews & Smith v. Cornish 20 Ark. 332 1859 0 Recovery of debt Arkansas
Smith v. Moore 35 Ala. 76 1859 1 Alabama
Rees ex rel. Rees v. Rees 32 S.C. Eq. 86 1859 1 South Carolina
Bell’s Adm’r v. Troy 35 Ala. 184 1859 0 Action for Arson Committed by Defendant's Enslaved Person Alabama
Sarah v. State 28 Ga. 576 1859 0 Slave indicted for attempted murder Supreme Court of Georgia
Oxford v. State 33 Ala. 416 1859 0 Indicment for Receivning Stolen Goods Alabama
Walthall's Ex'rs v. Rives, Battle & Co. 34 Ala. 91 1859 1 Alabama
Farmer v. Wilson 33 Ala. 446 1859 1 Alabama
Lawrence v. Philpot 27 Ga. 585 1859 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia