Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Warner v. Warner 33 Miss. 547 1857 0 Forfeiture of right to life interest in slaves belonging to wife Mississippi
Hall v. Davis 56 N.C. 413 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Cain v. Hawkins 50 N.C. 192 1857 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Bost v. Bost 56 N.C. 484 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Baucum v. Streater 50 N.C. 70 1857 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Brown v. Goolsby 34 Miss. 437 1857 0 Recovery of slaves in equity Mississippi
Ned v. State 33 Miss. 364 1857 0 Trial of enslaved man for murder Mississippi
Aiken v. Cato 23 Ga. 154 1857 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Gray v. Bridgeforth 33 Miss. 312 1857 0 Construction of clause in will Mississippi
Hedgepeth v. Robertson 18 Tex. 858 1857 0 New York
Daniel v. Guy 19 Ark. 121 1857 0 Action for freedom Arkansas
Cowan v. Epes 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 520 1857 0 Wills & Estate Special Ct of Appeals VA
Woodward v. Woodward 37 Tenn. 49 1857 0 Tennessee
Hall v. Robinson 56 N.C. 348 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Wade v. De Witt 20 Tex. 398 1857 0 Warranty dispute Texas
Lowe v. Brooks 23 Ga. 325 1857 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Gunter v. Leckey 30 Ala. 591 1857 0 Trover for Conversion of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Fatheree v. Lawrence 33 Miss. 585 1857 0 Probate of will Mississippi
Hollomon v. Hollomon 12 La. Ann. 607 1857 0 Forced heirs, property, partition Louisiana
Sam v. State 33 Miss. 347 1857 0 Whether confession of arson by enslaved man to his master admissible Mississippi