Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bell v. Walker 50 N.C. 43 1857 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Harrell v. Norvill 50 N.C. 29 1857 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Lane v. Bennett 56 N.C. 390 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Mitchell v. Tallapoosa County 30 Ala. 130 1857 0 Action to recover for medical services rendered to enslaved person Alabama
Irwin v. Wilson 56 N.C. 210 1857 0 Trusts North Carolina
Chesnutt v. Meares 56 N.C. 416 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Scott v. State 30 Ala. 503 1857 0 Indictment for homicide Alabama
McEachin v. McRae 50 N.C. 19 1857 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Bridges v. Maxwell 34 Miss. 309 1857 0 Slaves removed from property by administrators Mississippi
Felton v. White 49 N.C. 301 1857 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Williams v. Scott 30 Ala. 241 1857 0 Trespass for wrongful taking of enslaved person Alabama
Collins v. Hutchins 21 Ga. 270 1857 0 Recovery of value lost for a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Work v. Glaskins 33 Miss. 539 1857 0 Right of wife to enforce promissory note due to her for sale of slaves Mississippi
Lea v. Brown 56 N.C. 141 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Redding v. Allen 56 N.C. 358 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Wootten v. Wootten's Ex'or 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 494 1857 0 Wills & Estate Special Ct of Appeals VA
Western & Atlantic R. R. v. Fulton 36 Tenn. 589 1857 0 Tennessee
Harrison v. Bowe 56 N.C. 478 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Morris v. Rippy 49 N.C. 533 1857 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Becton v. Becton 56 N.C. 419 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina