Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Norcum v. Lum 33 Miss. 299 1857 1 Mississippi
Thomason v. Odum 31 Ala. 108 1857 1 Alabama
Thomas v. Dumas 30 Ala. 83 1857 1 Alabama
Lankford's Adm'r v. Barrett 29 Ala. 700 1857 1 Alabama
Barto v. Schmeck 28 Pa. 447 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Reynolds v. Geary 26 Conn. 179 1857 1 Connecticut
State v. Guyott 26 Mo. 62 1857 1 Missouri
Backus v. Byron 4 Mich. 535 1857 1 Michigan
Spencer v. Lapsley 61 U.S. 264 1857 1 United States
Picot v. Page 26 Mo. 398 1857 1 Missouri
Harris v. Brown 30 Ala. 401 1857 1 Alabama
McAfferty v. Conover's Lessee 7 Ohio St. 99 1857 1 Ohio
Cook v. Loomis 26 Conn. 483 1857 1 Connecticut
Stalcup v. Garner 26 Mo. 72 1857 1 Missouri
Cook v. Hathaway 2 Cal. Dist. Ct. 1 1857 1 California
Nesbitt v. Ware 30 Ala. 68 1857 1 Alabama
Sussex County Mutual Insurance v. Woodruff 26 N.J.L. 541 1857 1 New Jersey
Ex parte Remson 31 Ala. 270 1857 1 Alabama
Feltus v. Starke 12 La. Ann. 798 1857 1 Louisiana
Bowers v. Williams 34 Miss. 324 1857 1 Mississippi