Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
American Colonization Society v. Gartrell 23 Ga. 448 1857 1 Georgia
Commonwealth v. Sowle 75 Mass. 304 1857 1 Massachusetts
Biscoe v. Royston 18 Ark. 508 1857 0 Deed dispute Arkansas
Nims v. Johnson 7 Cal. 110 1857 1 California
Syer v. Gwin 2 Cal. Dist. Ct. 55 1857 1 California
Brooks v. Duffell 23 Ga. 441 1857 1 Georgia
Kelley v. Maxwell 7 Ohio St. 239 1857 1 Ohio
Delafield v. Parish 1 Redf. 1 1857 1 New York
McHugh v. Stewart 12 La. Ann. 361 1857 1 Louisiana
Bond v. Conway 11 Md. 512 1857 1 Maryland
Bishop v. State 30 Ala. 34 1857 1 Alabama
Henderson v. Renfro 31 Ala. 101 1857 0 Will & trust Alabama
Young v. Smith 25 Mo. 341 1857 1 Missouri
Huggins v. Perrine 30 Ala. 396 1857 1 Alabama
Howard v. Howard's Adm'rs 30 Ala. 391 1857 1 Alabama
Dugan v. Hollins 11 Md. 41 1857 0 Maryland
Mattingly v. Boyd 61 U.S. 128 1857 1 United States
May v. May 7 Fla. 207 1857 0 Dispute Over a Life Estate Supreme Court of FL
Carrington v. Goddin 54 Va. 587 1857 1 Virginia
Howard v. Carpenter 11 Md. 259 1857 0 Maryland