Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Griffon v. Blanc 12 La. Ann. 5 1857 1 Louisiana
State v. Barker 36 Tenn. 554 1857 1 Tennessee
Greenlaw v. Kernahan 36 Tenn. 371 1857 1 Tennessee
Street's Ex'ors v. Tinsley's Adm'r 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 612 1857 1 Virginia
Wood, Bacon & Co. v. Kelso 27 Pa. 241 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Brooks v. Duffell 23 Ga. 441 1857 1 Georgia
Thomas v. Stanley 36 Tenn. 411 1857 1 Tennessee
Cox v. McMullin 55 Va. 82 1857 1 Virginia
Huggins v. Perrine 30 Ala. 396 1857 1 Alabama
Waddle v. Stuart 36 Tenn. 534 1857 1 Tennessee
Syer v. Gwin 2 Cal. Dist. Ct. 55 1857 1 California
McHugh v. Stewart 12 La. Ann. 361 1857 1 Louisiana
West Feliciana Railroad v. Thornton 12 La. Ann. 736 1857 1 Louisiana
Hamilton v. Avery 20 Tex. 612 1857 1 Texas
Trask v. State Fire & Marine Insurance 29 Pa. 198 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Barto v. Schmeck 28 Pa. 447 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Holt & Chambers v. Bancroft 30 Ala. 193 1857 1 Alabama
Sussex County Mutual Insurance v. Woodruff 26 N.J.L. 541 1857 1 New Jersey
Cavender v. Heirs of Smith 5 Iowa 157 1857 1 Iowa
Bowers v. Williams 34 Miss. 324 1857 1 Mississippi