Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Chavez v. McKnight 1 N.M. 147 1857 1 New Mexico
Webb v. Webb's Heirs 29 Ala. 588 1857 0 Alabama
Wheeler v. Piper 56 N.C. 249 1857 0 North Carolina
Forniquet v. Forstall 34 Miss. 87 1857 1 Mississippi
Blair v. Reid 20 Tex. 310 1857 0 Texas
Newell v. Newell 34 Miss. 385 1857 0 Mississippi
Shearer v. Winston 33 Miss. 149 1857 1 Mississippi
Sprott v. Baldwin 34 Miss. 327 1857 1 Mississippi
Mitchell v. Tallapoosa County 30 Ala. 130 1857 0 Alabama
Pinkston v. McLemore 31 Ala. 308 1857 0 Alabama
Hollingsworth v. Hammond 30 Ala. 668 1857 1 Alabama
Bass v. Taylor 34 Miss. 342 1857 1 Mississippi
Lockhart v. Lockhart 56 N.C. 205 1857 0 North Carolina
Agee v. Williams 30 Ala. 636 1857 0 Alabama
Waring v. Edmonds 11 Md. 424 1857 0 Maryland
Ex parte Russell 29 Ala. 717 1857 0 Alabama
Blevins v. Alexander 36 Tenn. 583 1857 0 Tennessee
Scott v. State 30 Ala. 503 1857 0 Alabama
Jones v. Blalock 31 Ala. 180 1857 0 Alabama
Powell’s Distributees v. Powell’s Legatees 30 Ala. 697 1857 0 Louisiana