Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Commonwealth v. Sowle 75 Mass. 304 1857 1 Massachusetts
Bradley v. Bradley 24 Mo. 311 1857 1 Missouri
Curry, Dismukes & Co. v. Kurtz 33 Miss. 24 1857 1 Mississippi
Shields v. Trammell 19 Ark. 51 1857 1 Arkansas
Lary v. Craig 30 Ala. 631 1857 1 Alabama
Williams v. Hartshorn 30 Ala. 211 1857 1 Alabama
Gernet v. Lynn 31 Pa. 94 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Goff v. Robins 33 Miss. 153 1857 1 Mississippi
Gamble v. Dabney 20 Tex. 69 1857 1 Will & trust Texas
Tarpley v. Wilson 33 Miss. 467 1857 1 Mississippi
Stalcup v. Garner 26 Mo. 72 1857 1 Missouri
Walraven v. Lock 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 547 1857 1 Virginia
Truman v. Taylor 4 Iowa 424 1857 1 Iowa
Hallowell v. Page 24 Mo. 590 1857 1 Missouri
Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore Railroad v. Cowell 28 Pa. 329 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Reed's Adm'r v. Minell 30 Ala. 61 1857 1 Alabama
Feltus v. Starke 12 La. Ann. 798 1857 1 Louisiana
Lockwood v. Mitchell 7 Ohio St. 387 1857 1 Ohio
Bull v. Commonwealth 55 Va. 613 1857 1 Virginia
Nusbaum v. Thompson's Executors 11 Md. 557 1857 1 Maryland