Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Shearer v. Winston 33 Miss. 149 1857 1 Mississippi
Goff v. Robins 33 Miss. 153 1857 1 Mississippi
Harper v. Bibb 34 Miss. 472 1857 1 Mississippi
Hamilton v. Avery 20 Tex. 612 1857 1 Texas
Powell’s Distributees v. Powell’s Legatees 30 Ala. 697 1857 0 Louisiana
Stein v. Burden 30 Ala. 270 1857 1 Alabama
Martin v. Branch Bank at Decatur 31 Ala. 115 1857 1 Alabama
Cavender v. Heirs of Smith 5 Iowa 157 1857 1 Iowa
Commonwealth v. Sowle 75 Mass. 304 1857 1 Massachusetts
Liles v. State 30 Ala. 24 1857 1 Alabama
Curry, Dismukes & Co. v. Kurtz 33 Miss. 24 1857 1 Mississippi
Executors of Andrews v. His Administrators 7 Ohio St. 143 1857 1 Ohio
Reynolds v. Geary 26 Conn. 179 1857 1 Connecticut
Bass v. Taylor 34 Miss. 342 1857 1 Mississippi
Trask v. State Fire & Marine Insurance 29 Pa. 198 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Lawrence v. Burris 12 La. Ann. 843 1857 1 Louisiana
Miller v. Goodwin 74 Mass. 542 1857 1 Massachusetts
Delafield v. Parish 1 Redf. 1 1857 1 New York
Bond v. Conway 11 Md. 512 1857 1 Maryland
Bowers v. Williams 34 Miss. 324 1857 1 Mississippi