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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Farwell v. Harris 12 La. Ann. 50 1857 0 Theft of enslaved person, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Harris v. Maury 30 Ala. 679 1857 0 Contract for Hire of Enslaved Person Alabama
Norman v. Hill 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 676 1857 0 Action of debt Special Ct of Appeals VA
Durden v. McWilliams 31 Ala. 206 1857 0 Trial of right of property in enslaved person Alabama
Lewis v. City of New Orleans 12 La. Ann. 190 1857 0 Negligence, death and imprisonment of enslaved person, police misconduct Louisiana
Pickens v. Oliver 29 Ala. 528 1857 0 Action by husband and wife to recover enslaved persons Alabama
Edwards v. Glasson 12 La. Ann. 586 1857 0 Promissory notes, redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Linton v. Wikoff 12 La. Ann. 880 1857 0 Testaments, manumission, res judicata Louisiana
Theriet v. Voorhies 12 La. Ann. 852 1857 0 Tutorship, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
Jones v. Walkup 37 Tenn. 135 1857 0 Tennessee
Case v. Mayor of Mobile 30 Ala. 538 1857 0 Proceeding for violation of municipal ordinance Alabama
Brooks v. State 30 Ala. 513 1857 0 Illegal Trade of Enslaved Persons Alabama
State v. King 12 La. Ann. 593 1857 0 Murder, excecution, retroactivity Louisiana
Harrell v. Harrell 12 La. Ann. 549 1857 0 Partition, intestacy, marital property Louisiana
Bair v. Abrams 12 La. Ann. 753 1857 0 Dispute over sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Miller v. Stewart 12 La. Ann. 170 1857 0 Employment, beating and murder of an enslaved person, negligence Louisiana
Wolf v. Wolf 12 La. Ann. 529 1857 0 Sales, properties, mortgages, privileges, community property, promissory notes, simulation, contracts, seizure Louisiana
A. Montan & Bros. v. Whitley 12 La. Ann. 175 1857 0 Redhibition, recission of slave of enslaved family Louisiana
Knight v. Knight 12 La. Ann. 396 1857 0 Property, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Cronin v. Gay 20 Tex. 460 1857 0 Property dispute Texas