Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Williams v. Sullivan 31 S.C. Eq. 217 1857 1 South Carolina
McDonald v. Cousins 23 Ga. 227 1857 1 Georgia
American Colonization Society v. Gartrell 23 Ga. 448 1857 1 Georgia
Brooks v. Duffell 23 Ga. 441 1857 1 Georgia
Howard v. Howard's Adm'rs 30 Ala. 391 1857 1 Alabama
Rives v. Montgomery South Plank-Road Co. 30 Ala. 92 1857 1 Alabama
Shields v. Trammell 19 Ark. 51 1857 1 Arkansas
Ex parte Sifford 22 F. Cas. 105 1857 1 United States
Ruddell v. Ambler 18 Ark. 369 1857 1 Arkansas
Rockhill v. Spraggs 9 Ind. 30 1857 1 Indiana
Walker's Administrator v. Walker 25 Mo. 367 1857 1 Missouri
Gale v. Grannis 9 Ind. 140 1857 1 Indiana
Born v. Shaw 29 Pa. 288 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Clingan v. Mitcheltree 31 Pa. 25 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Selover v. American Russian Commercial Co. 7 Cal. 266 1857 1 California
Pugh v. Pugh 9 Ind. 132 1857 1 Indiana
Magruder v. Goodwyn's Adm'r 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 561 1857 1 Virginia
McCreary v. Commonwealth 29 Pa. 323 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Green v. State 19 Ark. 178 1857 1 Arkansas
Gernet v. Lynn 31 Pa. 94 1857 1 Pennsylvania