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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Whitten v. Knox 26 Ga. 560 1858 0 slave contractual dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Block v. Cross 36 Miss. 549 1858 0 Jurisdiction of wife as to her separate estate Mississippi
Clague v. City of New Orleans 13 La. Ann. 275 1858 0 Runaway enslaved person bailment Louisiana
Colbert v. Daniel 32 Ala. 314 1858 0 Execution of Will, Allotment of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Keaton v. Cox 26 Ga. 162 1858 0 Levy and claim Supreme Court of Georgia
Thomas v. James 32 Ala. 723 1858 0 Trespass on property Alabama
Harper v. Hill 35 Miss. 63 1858 0 Sale of slaves under a levy Mississippi
Stone v. Montgomery 35 Miss. 83 1858 0 Enjoinment of property Mississippi
Roane v. Bank of Nashville 38 Tenn. 526 1858 0 Tennessee
Cox's Adm'r v. McKinney 32 Ala. 461 1858 0 Detinue Alabama
Kirkwood v. Miller 37 Tenn. 455 1858 0 Tennessee
Cogan v. Frisby 36 Miss. 178 1858 0 Evidence regarding sale of enslaved woman Mississippi
Exum v. Brister 35 Miss. 391 1858 0 Liability of principal for trespass of agent and slaves Mississippi
Garner & Neville v. Lyles & Bracy 35 Miss. 176 1858 0 Fraudulent coveyance of slaves Mississippi
Currie v. Murphy 35 Miss. 473 1858 0 Construction of clauses in will bequeathing slaves Mississippi
Lide v. Lide's Adm'r 32 Ala. 449 1858 0 Intestacy dispute Alabama
Smith v. Chew 35 Miss. 153 1858 0 Annulment of sale of slaves Mississippi
Woods v. Woods 13 La. Ann. 189 1858 0 Heirs, nullity of sale Louisiana
Dunlap v. Petrie's Executors 35 Miss. 590 1858 0 Recission of a contract already argued in court Mississippi
Lusk v. Swayze 35 Miss. 155 1858 0 Reversion of enslaved man distributed to a widow to the distributees Mississippi