Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Lawson v. Cunningham 21 Ga. 454 1857 0 Want of equity Supreme Court of Georgia
Watkins v. Hopkins' Ex'or 54 Va. 743 1857 1 Virginia
Ruddell v. Ambler 18 Ark. 369 1857 1 Arkansas
Ballow v. Hudson 54 Va. 672 1857 1 Virginia
Swindall v. Bradley 56 N.C. 353 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Spencer v. Banister 12 La. Ann. 766 1857 1 Louisiana
Lasell v. L. E. & Epps Tucker 37 Tenn. 33 1857 1 Tennessee
Knight v. Knight 56 N.C. 167 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina