Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Abbey v. Commercial Bank of New Orleans 34 Miss. 571 1857 1 Mississippi
Feeny v. Daly 8 Cal. 84 1857 1 California
Powell’s Distributees v. Powell’s Legatees 30 Ala. 697 1857 0 Louisiana
Martin v. Branch Bank at Decatur 31 Ala. 115 1857 1 Alabama
Nims v. Johnson 7 Cal. 110 1857 1 California
Stein v. Burden 30 Ala. 270 1857 1 Alabama
Bishop v. State 30 Ala. 34 1857 1 Alabama
Holt & Chambers v. Bancroft 30 Ala. 193 1857 1 Alabama
Cowles v. Townsend 31 Ala. 133 1857 1 Alabama
Hollingsworth v. Hammond 30 Ala. 668 1857 1 Alabama
Truman v. Taylor 4 Iowa 424 1857 1 Iowa
Williams v. Sullivan 31 S.C. Eq. 217 1857 1 South Carolina
Delafield v. Parish 1 Redf. 1 1857 1 New York
Harper v. Bibb 34 Miss. 472 1857 1 Mississippi
Sanders v. Stokes 30 Ala. 432 1857 0 Alabama
Leary v. Nash 56 N.C. 356 1857 0 North Carolina
Cavender v. Heirs of Smith 5 Iowa 157 1857 1 Iowa
Wheeler v. Piper 56 N.C. 249 1857 0 North Carolina
McHugh v. Stewart 12 La. Ann. 361 1857 1 Louisiana
Mills v. Mills 26 Conn. 213 1857 1 Connecticut