Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Fail v. McArthur 31 Ala. 26 1857 0 Alabama
Spencer v. Spencer 56 N.C. 404 1857 0 North Carolina
Lemmon v. People ex rel. Napoleon 26 Barb. 270 1857 0 Civil SC, General Term, New York
Walraven v. Lock 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 547 1857 1 Virginia
Harris v. Miller 30 Ala. 221 1857 0 Alabama
Turner v. Smith 12 La. Ann. 417 1857 0 Louisiana
Fatheree v. Lawrence 33 Miss. 585 1857 0 Mississippi
Western & Atlantic R. R. v. Fulton 36 Tenn. 589 1857 0 Tennessee
Cole v. Cole 37 Tenn. 57 1857 0 Tennessee
James v. Carper 36 Tenn. 397 1857 0 Tennessee
Stoudenmeier v. Williamson 29 Ala. 558 1857 0 Alabama
Coppage v. Barnett 34 Miss. 621 1857 0 Mississippi
Jordan v. State 22 Ga. 545 1857 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Atkins v. Lewis 55 Va. 30 1857 1 Virginia
Shewalter v. Ford 34 Miss. 417 1857 0 Mississippi
Lingo v. Miller & Hill 23 Ga. 187 1857 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Wilson v. Hendry 12 La. Ann. 244 1857 0 Louisiana
Smith v. Executors of Smith 23 Ga. 21 1857 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Newell v. Taylor 56 N.C. 374 1857 0 North Carolina
Miller v. Stewart 12 La. Ann. 170 1857 0 Louisiana