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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Spencer v. Amis 12 La. Ann. 127 1857 0 Hypothecary action, judicial lien, mortgages, property Louisiana
Echols v. Dodd 20 Tex. 190 1857 0 Action for causing death of slave Texas
Manice v. Duncan 12 La. Ann. 715 1857 0 Hypothecary action, property, mortgages Louisiana
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
State v. Judge of the Fifth District Court ex rel. Perkins 12 La. Ann. 455 1857 0 Redhibition, contracts, sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Carter v. State 20 Tex. 339 1857 0 Indictment against master for allowing slave to carry firearm Texas
Owen v. Brown 12 La. Ann. 172 1857 0 Runaway enslaved person, harboring enslaved person Louisiana
Layton v. City of New Orleans 12 La. Ann. 515 1857 0 Taxes, property Louisiana
Riggin v. Kendig 12 La. Ann. 451 1857 0 Redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Wilson v. Hendry 12 La. Ann. 244 1857 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, marital property, successions Louisiana
McRae v. Purvis, Gladden & Co. 12 La. Ann. 85 1857 0 Property, creditor's rights, fraud, Louisiana
Johnson v. Miller 33 Miss. 553 1857 0 Construction of portion of proceeds from will Mississippi
State v. Wilson 12 La. Ann. 189 1857 0 Inveigling of an enslaved person Louisiana
Warner v. Warner 33 Miss. 547 1857 0 Forfeiture of right to life interest in slaves belonging to wife Mississippi
Angomar v. Wilson 12 La. Ann. 857 1857 0 Sales, property Louisiana
State v. Morgan 12 La. Ann. 712 1857 0 Sales Louisiana
Clement v. Wafer 12 La. Ann. 599 1857 0 Sale of enslaved person, creditor's rights, marital property Louisiana
Barclay v. Sewell 12 La. Ann. 262 1857 0 Property, capacity, emancipation Louisiana
Linton v. Wikoff 12 La. Ann. 878 1857 0 Debts, secutiries, mortgages, property Louisiana