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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Atwell v. Miller 11 Md. 348 1857 0 Maryland
Morris' Ex'or v. Duke's Adm'r 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 462 1857 0 Suit to recover legacies Special Ct of Appeals VA
Phipps v. Berger 12 La. Ann. 111 1857 0 Promissory notes, redhibition, recission of sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Succession of Grover 12 La. Ann. 334 1857 0 Partnerships, Wills, property, contract Louisiana
Arendale v. Samuel D. Morgan & Co. 37 Tenn. 703 1857 0 Tennessee
Chevalier v. Whatley 12 La. Ann. 651 1857 0 Sale of enslaved person, consideration, capacity, fraud Louisiana
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
Wolf v. Wolf 12 La. Ann. 529 1857 0 Sales, properties, mortgages, privileges, community property, promissory notes, simulation, contracts, seizure Louisiana
Miller v. Stewart 12 La. Ann. 170 1857 0 Employment, beating and murder of an enslaved person, negligence Louisiana
Bair v. Abrams 12 La. Ann. 753 1857 0 Dispute over sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Knight v. Knight 12 La. Ann. 396 1857 0 Property, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
A. Montan & Bros. v. Whitley 12 La. Ann. 175 1857 0 Redhibition, recission of slave of enslaved family Louisiana
Johnson v. Bloodworth 12 La. Ann. 699 1857 0 Mortgages, unrecorded acts, vendor's privileges Louisiana
Rochel v. Berwick 12 La. Ann. 847 1857 0 Probate, promissory notes Louisiana
Jackson v. Tift 23 Ga. 46 1857 0 slave contract Georgia
Brooks v. Smith 21 Ga. 261 1857 0 Liable for work slave death Supreme Court of Georgia
Lowe v. Brooks 23 Ga. 325 1857 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Shelton v. Johnson 36 Tenn. 672 1857 0 Tennessee
The Merchant 17 F. Cas. 36 1857 0 Libel of intent to engage in slave trade Circuit Court, S.D. New York