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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wade v. De Witt 20 Tex. 398 1857 0 Warranty dispute Texas
Traun v. Keiffer 31 Ala. 136 1857 0 Detinue Alabama
Cronin v. Gay 20 Tex. 460 1857 0 Property dispute Texas
Goss v. Whitehead 33 Miss. 213 1857 0 Use of promissory note signed in blank to hire slaves Mississippi
Manly v. Kidd 33 Miss. 141 1857 0 Right to slaves in possession of claimants Mississippi
Bass v. Heard 33 Miss. 131 1857 0 Enjoinment of executions Mississippi
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
Johnson v. Miller 33 Miss. 553 1857 0 Construction of portion of proceeds from will Mississippi
Billingslea v. Young 33 Miss. 95 1857 0 Issues in separate estate of the wife including slaves Mississippi
Norris v. State 33 Miss. 373 1857 0 Criminal charge for larceny of a slave Mississippi
Olive v. Walton 33 Miss. 103 1857 0 How separate estate of wife descends Mississippi
Marble v. Whaley 33 Miss. 157 1857 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi
Fox v. Matthews 33 Miss. 433 1857 0 Verbal sale of slaves in Louisina Mississippi
Mitchell v. Vickers 20 Tex. 377 1857 0 Testimony dispute Texas
Warner v. Warner 33 Miss. 547 1857 0 Forfeiture of right to life interest in slaves belonging to wife Mississippi
Bogan v. Camp 30 Ala. 276 1857 0 Execution of contract Alabama
State v. Stephenson 20 Tex. 151 1857 0 Assault on a slave Texas
Nations v. Jones 20 Tex. 300 1857 0 Warranty on Slave dispute Texas
Carradine v. Carradine 33 Miss. 698 1857 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi