Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bagly v. Birmingham 23 Tex. 452 1859 0 Texas
Stubbs v. Houston 33 Ala. 555 1859 0 Probate dispute Alabama
Norton v. Moore 40 Tenn. 480 1859 0 Tennessee
Gardiner v. Thibodeau 14 La. Ann. 732 1859 0 Recovery of murder of enslaved person Louisiana
Perkins v. Brown 29 Ga. 412 1859 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Brooks v. Caughran 40 Tenn. 464 1859 0 Tennessee
Overton v. Allen 40 Tenn. 440 1859 0 Tennessee
Shue v. Turk 56 Va. 256 1859 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Fulton's Ex'ors v. Gracey 56 Va. 314 1859 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
McRae v. Singleton 35 Ala. 297 1859 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Ponder v. Cox 28 Ga. 305 1859 0 Recovery for freedom Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Johnston 51 N.C. 485 1859 0 Indictment for unlawfully trading with a slave North Carolina
Knox v. North Carolina Rail Road 51 N.C. 415 1859 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Vaughan v. Parr 20 Ark. 600 1859 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Acuff v. Rice 40 Tenn. 293 1859 0 Tennessee
Cox v. Humphrey 51 N.C. 405 1859 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Green v. Banks 24 Tex. 522 1859 0 Texas
Miller v. Garrett 35 Ala. 96 1859 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
Boulware v. Hendricks 23 Tex. 667 1859 1 Texas
Todd v. Dysart 23 Tex. 590 1859 0 Texas