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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wolf v. Wolf 12 La. Ann. 529 1857 0 Sales, properties, mortgages, privileges, community property, promissory notes, simulation, contracts, seizure Louisiana
Jordan v. State 22 Ga. 545 1857 0 Indictment for murdering a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Garrison v. Eborn 56 N.C. 228 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Knight v. Knight 56 N.C. 167 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
McLemore v. Pinkston 31 Ala. 266 1857 0 Mortgage dispute Alabama
Vass v. Freeman 56 N.C. 221 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Swindall v. Bradley 56 N.C. 353 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Graves v. Howard 56 N.C. 302 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Rowland v. Rorke 49 N.C. 337 1857 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Bair v. Abrams 12 La. Ann. 753 1857 0 Dispute over sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Irwin v. Wilson 56 N.C. 210 1857 0 Trusts North Carolina
State v. Whit 49 N.C. 349 1857 0 Burglary North Carolina
A. Montan & Bros. v. Whitley 12 La. Ann. 175 1857 0 Redhibition, recission of slave of enslaved family Louisiana
Johnston v. Coleman 56 N.C. 290 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Wheeler v. Piper 56 N.C. 249 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
State v. Harriet 49 N.C. 264 1857 0 Indictment for grand larceny North Carolina
Kennington v. Williams 30 Ala. 361 1857 0 Trover for conversion of enslaved persons Alabama
Wootten v. Wootten's Ex'or 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 494 1857 0 Wills & Estate Special Ct of Appeals VA
Knight v. Knight 12 La. Ann. 396 1857 0 Property, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Miller v. Stewart 12 La. Ann. 170 1857 0 Employment, beating and murder of an enslaved person, negligence Louisiana