Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Rowland v. Rorke 49 N.C. 337 1857 0 North Carolina
Gaither v. Blowers 11 Md. 536 1857 0 Maryland
Frank v. Purington 5 Iowa 345 1857 1 Iowa
Lepage v. McNamara 5 Iowa 124 1857 1 Iowa
Tarpley v. Wilson 33 Miss. 467 1857 1 Mississippi
Cook v. Lindsey 34 Miss. 451 1857 1 Mississippi
Jones v. McLean 18 Ark. 456 1857 0 Arkansas
Luna v. Edmiston 37 Tenn. 159 1857 0 Tennessee
McLean v. Waddill 50 N.C. 137 1857 0 North Carolina
Roberts' Adm'r v. Kelly 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 396 1857 1 Virginia
Potts v. Blackwell 56 N.C. 449 1857 1 North Carolina
Ruddell v. Ambler 18 Ark. 369 1857 1 Arkansas
Jewell v. Warner 35 N.H. 176 1857 1 New Hampshire
Devane v. Larkins 56 N.C. 377 1857 0 North Carolina
Rodney v. Illinois Central Railroad 19 Ill. 42 1857 0 Civil Illinois
Silsby v. Foote 61 U.S. 290 1857 1 United States
La Selle v. Whitfield 12 La. Ann. 81 1857 0 Louisiana
Raines' Adm'r v. Raines' Creditors 30 Ala. 425 1857 1 Alabama
Lary v. Craig 30 Ala. 631 1857 1 Alabama
Parker's Executor v. Lambert's Adm'rs 31 Ala. 89 1857 1 Alabama