Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Colvard v. Waugh 56 N.C. 335 1857 0 North Carolina
Towner v. Lucas' Ex'or 54 Va. 705 1857 1 Virginia
Atkins v. Lewis 55 Va. 30 1857 1 Virginia
Street's Ex'ors v. Tinsley's Adm'r 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 612 1857 1 Virginia
Greenlaw v. Kernahan 36 Tenn. 371 1857 1 Tennessee
Eaken v. Boyd 37 Tenn. 204 1857 1 Tennessee
Lasell v. L. E. & Epps Tucker 37 Tenn. 33 1857 1 Tennessee
Dumond v. Stringham 26 Barb. 104 1857 1 New York
McHugh v. Stewart 12 La. Ann. 361 1857 1 Louisiana
Town of Burlington v. New Haven & Northampton Co. 26 Conn. 51 1857 1 Connecticut
Syer v. Gwin 2 Cal. Dist. Ct. 55 1857 1 California
Feeny v. Daly 8 Cal. 84 1857 1 California
Brooks v. Duffell 23 Ga. 441 1857 1 Georgia
American Colonization Society v. Gartrell 23 Ga. 448 1857 1 Georgia
Williams v. Sullivan 31 S.C. Eq. 217 1857 1 South Carolina
Bolling's Ex'or v. Harrison 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 532 1857 0 Special Ct of Appeals VA
Truman v. Taylor 4 Iowa 424 1857 1 Iowa
Huggins v. Perrine 30 Ala. 396 1857 1 Alabama
Howard v. Howard's Adm'rs 30 Ala. 391 1857 1 Alabama
Nims v. Johnson 7 Cal. 110 1857 1 California