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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. Ector 19 Tex. 346 1857 0 Property dispute Texas
Chevalier v. Whatley 12 La. Ann. 651 1857 0 Sale of enslaved person, consideration, capacity, fraud Louisiana
Parker v. Beavers 19 Tex. 406 1857 0 Property dispute Texas
Cummins v. Rice 19 Tex. 225 1857 0 Judgement recovery dispute Texas
Williams v. Talbot 12 La. Ann. 407 1857 0 Redhibition, sale of enslaved person, damages Louisiana
Phipps v. Morton 33 Miss. 211 1857 0 Recovery of an enslaved woman Mississippi
Hatto v. Brooks 33 Miss. 575 1857 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi
Molaison v. Hébert 12 La. Ann. 232 1857 0 Forced heirs, testaments, manumission Louisiana
Manly v. Kidd 33 Miss. 141 1857 0 Right to slaves in possession of claimants Mississippi
Billingslea v. Young 33 Miss. 95 1857 0 Issues in separate estate of the wife including slaves Mississippi
Turner v. Smith 12 La. Ann. 417 1857 0 Emancipation, will Louisiana
Williams v. Cheatham 19 Ark. 278 1857 0 Action to redeem two enslaved persons Arkansas
Bass v. Heard 33 Miss. 131 1857 0 Enjoinment of executions Mississippi
McLure v. Hart 19 Ark. 119 1857 0 Recovery for medical services rendered to enslaved person Arkansas
Denson v. Thompson 19 Ark. 66 1857 0 Deed of gift of enslaved persons Arkansas
Traun v. Keiffer 31 Ala. 136 1857 0 Detinue Alabama
Norris v. State 33 Miss. 373 1857 0 Criminal charge for larceny of a slave Mississippi
Brander v. Bobo 12 La. Ann. 616 1857 0 Property, Sales, seizure Louisiana
Brown, Toler & Phillips v. Hurt & Bro. 31 Ala. 146 1857 0 Trial of right of property Alabama
Bartee v. Tompkins 36 Tenn. 623 1857 0 Tennessee