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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Layson v. Rogers 24 Mo. 192 1857 1 Missouri
Hallowell v. Page 24 Mo. 590 1857 1 Missouri
Cook v. Lindsey 34 Miss. 451 1857 1 Mississippi
Clingan v. Mitcheltree 31 Pa. 25 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Walton v. Northington 37 Tenn. 282 1857 0 Tennessee
Creditors of Spicer v. Spicer 21 Ga. 200 1857 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
McLure v. Hart 19 Ark. 119 1857 0 Recovery for medical services rendered to enslaved person Arkansas
Reinhart v. Miller 22 Ga. 402 1857 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Shields v. Trammell 19 Ark. 51 1857 1 Arkansas
Boyd v. Beck 29 Ala. 703 1857 0 Foreclosure of Mortgage on Personal Property Alabama
The Merchant 17 F. Cas. 36 1857 0 Libel of intent to engage in slave trade Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Camp v. Waring 25 Conn. 520 1857 1 Connecticut
Pugh v. Pugh 9 Ind. 132 1857 1 Indiana
Gale v. Grannis 9 Ind. 140 1857 1 Indiana
Stratton v. Harriman 24 Mo. 324 1857 1 Missouri
Johnson v. Morris 21 Ga. 238 1857 0 Slave contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Hudgins v. Kemp 61 U.S. 45 1857 1 United States
Green v. State 19 Ark. 178 1857 1 Arkansas
Born v. Shaw 29 Pa. 288 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Bull v. Commonwealth 55 Va. 613 1857 1 Virginia