Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Magee v. McMillan 30 Ala. 420 1857 1 Alabama
Cavender v. Heirs of Smith 5 Iowa 157 1857 1 Iowa
Harrell v. Hill 19 Ark. 102 1857 1 Arkansas
Clagett v. Hawkins 11 Md. 381 1857 1 Maryland
Selover v. American Russian Commercial Co. 7 Cal. 266 1857 1 California
Carter v. King 45 S.C.L. 125 1857 1 South Carolina
Waterman v. Vose 43 Me. 504 1857 1 Maine
Holt & Chambers v. Bancroft 30 Ala. 193 1857 1 Alabama
Norcum v. Lum 33 Miss. 299 1857 1 Mississippi
Williams v. Sullivan 31 S.C. Eq. 217 1857 1 South Carolina
West Feliciana Railroad v. Thornton 12 La. Ann. 736 1857 1 Louisiana
Cook v. Gilman 34 N.H. 556 1857 1 New Hampshire
Gale v. Grannis 9 Ind. 140 1857 1 Indiana
Gamble v. Dabney 20 Tex. 69 1857 1 Will & trust Texas
Watkins v. Hopkins' Ex'or 54 Va. 743 1857 1 Virginia
Thomas v. Stanley 36 Tenn. 411 1857 1 Tennessee
Walraven v. Lock 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 547 1857 1 Virginia
Sayles v. Tibbitts 5 R.I. 79 1857 1 Rhode Island
Stratton v. Harriman 24 Mo. 324 1857 1 Missouri
State v. Chandler 24 Mo. 371 1857 1 Missouri