Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Frank v. Purington 5 Iowa 345 1857 1 Iowa
Rodney v. Illinois Central Railroad 19 Ill. 42 1857 0 Civil Illinois
Taylor v. Kelly 31 Ala. 59 1857 0 Alabama
Gunter v. Leckey 30 Ala. 591 1857 0 Alabama
McCreary v. Commonwealth 29 Pa. 323 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Roberts' Adm'r v. Kelly 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 396 1857 1 Virginia
Pinckard v. McCoy 22 Ga. 28 1857 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Tucker v. State ex rel. Kneighton 11 Md. 322 1857 0 Maryland
Howard v. Carpenter 11 Md. 259 1857 0 Maryland
Clingan v. Mitcheltree 31 Pa. 25 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Watkins v. Hopkins' Ex'or 54 Va. 743 1857 1 Virginia
Hudgins v. Kemp 61 U.S. 45 1857 1 United States
Green v. State 19 Ark. 178 1857 1 Arkansas
Polk v. Buchanan 37 Tenn. 721 1857 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Croom 7 Fla. 81 1857 0 Supreme Court of FL
Manice v. Duncan 12 La. Ann. 715 1857 0 Louisiana
Quarles v. Grigsby 31 Ala. 172 1857 0 Alabama
Finley v. Babin 12 La. Ann. 236 1857 0 Louisiana
Luna v. Edmiston 37 Tenn. 159 1857 0 Tennessee
Berry v. Diamond Ex. 19 Ark. 262 1857 0 Arkansas