Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Belote v. White 39 Tenn. 703 1859 1 Tennessee
Barton v. Trent ex rel. Cope 40 Tenn. 167 1859 1 Tennessee
Hertzog v. Hertzog's Administrator 34 Pa. 418 1859 1 Pennsylvania
Kelly v. Gordon 40 Tenn. 683 1859 1 Tennessee
Buford v. Gould 35 Ala. 265 1859 0 Warranty dispute Alabama
Totten v. Cooke 59 Ky. 275 1859 1 Kentucky
Boon v. Boon 29 Ga. 134 1859 0 promissory note for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Lamb v. Girtman 26 Ga. 625 1859 0 Will and trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Caraway v. Smith 28 Ga. 541 1859 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Lemmon v. People 20 N.Y. 562 1859 0 Recovery for slaves Court of Appeals of New York
McCartney's Executors v. Bone 33 Ala. 601 1859 1 Alabama
Farmer v. Wilson 33 Ala. 446 1859 1 Alabama
Van Derzee v. Van Derzee 30 Barb. 331 1859 0 Will & Trust SC of New York
Tomlinson v. Darnall 39 Tenn. 538 1859 0 Tennessee
Parkinson v. State 14 Md. 184 1859 0 Maryland
Ex parte Smith 34 Ala. 455 1859 0 Writ of Prohibition Alabama
Lucas v. Daniels 34 Ala. 188 1859 0 Detinue for a enslaved person Alabama
State ex rel. Burlington & Missouri River R. R. v. County Judge of Wapello County 9 Iowa 288 1859 1 Iowa
Smith, Twogood & Co. v. Clarke & Henley 9 Iowa 241 1859 1 Iowa
Sarah v. State 28 Ga. 576 1859 0 Slave indicted for attempted murder Supreme Court of Georgia