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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lowber v. McCoy 12 La. Ann. 795 1857 0 Sales, theft of enslaved person Louisiana
Young v. McDaniel 50 N.C. 103 1857 0 Action for harboring a slave North Carolina
Simpson v. Houston 56 N.C. 487 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Newell v. Taylor 56 N.C. 374 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Lewis v. State 30 Ala. 54 1857 0 Indictment for Rape Alabama
Spencer v. Spencer 56 N.C. 404 1857 0 Property interests North Carolina
Taylor v. Kelly 31 Ala. 59 1857 0 Dispute over Contract Alabama
Harris v. Maury 30 Ala. 679 1857 0 Contract for Hire of Enslaved Person Alabama
Bolling's Ex'or v. Harrison 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 532 1857 0 Action of debt Special Ct of Appeals VA
Drake v. Glover 30 Ala. 382 1857 0 Detinue Alabama
Jones v. Trawick’s Adm’r 31 Ala. 253 1857 0 Trover Alabama
Pinkston v. McLemore 31 Ala. 308 1857 0 Dispute over Estate Alabama
Traun v. Keiffer 31 Ala. 136 1857 0 Detinue Alabama
George v. English 30 Ala. 582 1857 0 Detinue for a enslaved person Alabama
Waring v. Edmonds 11 Md. 424 1857 0 Maryland
Atwell v. Miller 11 Md. 348 1857 0 Maryland
Andrews v. Huckabee's Adm'r 30 Ala. 143 1857 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Slocomb, Richards & Co. v. Blackburn 18 Ark. 309 1857 0 Creditor dispute Arkansas
Wootten v. Wootten's Ex'or 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 494 1857 0 Wills & Estate Special Ct of Appeals VA
Brooks v. Smith 21 Ga. 261 1857 0 Liable for work slave death Supreme Court of Georgia