Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bittinger v. Baker 29 Pa. 66 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Harrell v. Hill 19 Ark. 102 1857 1 Arkansas
Gunter v. Leckey 30 Ala. 591 1857 0 Trover for Conversion of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Williams v. Sullivan 31 S.C. Eq. 217 1857 1 South Carolina
Waterman v. Vose 43 Me. 504 1857 1 Maine
Arendale v. Samuel D. Morgan & Co. 37 Tenn. 703 1857 0 Tennessee
Potts v. Blackwell 56 N.C. 449 1857 1 North Carolina
Jewell v. Warner 35 N.H. 176 1857 1 New Hampshire
Collins v. Barksdale 23 Ga. 602 1857 0 Private Property dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Dorsett v. Frith 21 Ga. 245 1857 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Rockhill v. Spraggs 9 Ind. 30 1857 1 Indiana
Moreland v. Atchison 19 Tex. 303 1857 1 Texas
Aiken v. Cato 23 Ga. 154 1857 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Horner v. Speed 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 616 1857 1 Virginia
Weaver v. Fegely & Brother 29 Pa. 27 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Welch's Appeal 28 Pa. 363 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Tarpley v. Wilson 33 Miss. 467 1857 1 Mississippi
Frank v. Purington 5 Iowa 345 1857 1 Iowa
Williams v. Cheatham 19 Ark. 278 1857 0 Action to redeem two enslaved persons Arkansas
Lepage v. McNamara 5 Iowa 124 1857 1 Iowa