Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Jewell v. Warner 35 N.H. 176 1857 1 New Hampshire
Jones v. McLean 18 Ark. 456 1857 0 Arkansas
Wessenger v. Hunt 30 S.C. Eq. 459 1857 1 South Carolina
Brown, Bros. v. Freeland 34 Miss. 181 1857 1 Mississippi
Lea ex rel. Green v. Brooks 49 N.C. 423 1857 1 North Carolina
Mourain v. Mourain 12 La. Ann. 147 1857 0 Louisiana
Meyer v. Kinzer 1 Cal. Dist. Ct. 326 1857 1 California
Spencer v. Lapsley 61 U.S. 264 1857 1 United States
Woodcock v. McDonald 30 Ala. 411 1857 1 Alabama
Fisk v. Stubbs 30 Ala. 335 1857 1 Alabama
State v. Morgan 12 La. Ann. 712 1857 0 Louisiana
Allen v. Russell 19 Tex. 87 1857 0 Texas
Clement v. Wafer 12 La. Ann. 599 1857 0 Louisiana
Harrell v. Harrell 12 La. Ann. 549 1857 0 Louisiana
Linton v. Wikoff 12 La. Ann. 880 1857 0 Louisiana
Cook v. Hathaway 2 Cal. Dist. Ct. 1 1857 1 California
Ledbetter v. Walken 31 Ala. 175 1857 1 Alabama
State Bank v. Ellis 30 Ala. 478 1857 1 Alabama
Smith v. Mobile Navigation & Mutual Insurance 30 Ala. 167 1857 1 Alabama
Townsend v. Hill 18 Tex. 422 1857 0 Texas