Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lea ex rel. Green v. Brooks 49 N.C. 423 1857 1 North Carolina
Smith v. Tallassee Branch of Central Plank-Road Co. 30 Ala. 650 1857 1 Alabama
Watkins v. Hopkins' Ex'or 54 Va. 743 1857 1 Virginia
Richardson v. Milburn 11 Md. 340 1857 1 Maryland
Stanley v. Suggs 23 Ga. 137 1857 1 Georgia
Cook v. Lindsey 34 Miss. 451 1857 1 Mississippi
Horner v. Speed 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 616 1857 1 Virginia
McHugh v. Stewart 12 La. Ann. 361 1857 1 Louisiana
Moreland v. Atchison 19 Tex. 303 1857 1 Texas
Bull v. Commonwealth 55 Va. 613 1857 1 Virginia
Pittsburgh & Connelsville Railroad v. Clarke & Thaw 29 Pa. 146 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Dumas v. Hunter 30 Ala. 75 1857 1 Alabama
Paul v. Hadley 23 Barb. 521 1857 1 New York
Young v. Smith 25 Mo. 341 1857 1 Missouri
Lobdell v. Allen 75 Mass. 377 1857 1 Massachusetts
Ex parte Sifford 22 F. Cas. 105 1857 1 United States
Sims v. Thompson 30 Ala. 158 1857 1 Alabama
Chamberlain v. Chamberlain 12 La. Ann. 60 1857 1 Louisiana
Stratton v. Harriman 24 Mo. 324 1857 1 Missouri
Dorsey v. Dorsey 10 Md. 471 1857 1 Maryland