Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hayes v. Jones 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 583 1857 1 Virginia
Hopkins v. Boyd 11 Md. 107 1857 1 Maryland
Lutz v. Commonwealth 29 Pa. 441 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Robertson v. American Homestead Ass'n 10 Md. 397 1857 1 Maryland
Dorsey v. Dorsey 10 Md. 471 1857 1 Maryland
McCann v. Taylor 10 Md. 418 1857 1 Maryland
James L. v. Carryl 61 U.S. 583 1857 1 United States
Nusbaum v. Thompson's Executors 11 Md. 557 1857 1 Maryland
Smyth v. Oliver 31 Ala. 39 1857 0 Marital property dispute Alabama
Harris v. Miller 30 Ala. 221 1857 0 Bill of sale dispute Alabama
Pool v. Devers 30 Ala. 672 1857 1 Alabama
Reed v. Scott 30 Ala. 640 1857 0 Promissory note dispute Alabama
Pickens v. Oliver 29 Ala. 528 1857 0 Action by husband and wife to recover enslaved persons Alabama
Duval v. Malone 55 Va. 24 1857 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
De Ende v. Wilkinson's Adm'r 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 663 1857 0 Action of debt Special Ct of Appeals VA
Norman v. Hill 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 676 1857 0 Action of debt Special Ct of Appeals VA
Walker v. Forbes 31 Ala. 9 1857 1 Alabama
Allen v. Prater 30 Ala. 458 1857 0 Title dispute Alabama
Agee v. Williams 30 Ala. 636 1857 0 Detinue for a enslaved person Alabama
Constantine v. Twelves 29 Ala. 607 1857 0 Mortgage dispute - creditor dispute Alabama