Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Whitman v. Abernathy 33 Ala. 154 1858 0 Recovery of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Roberts v. Boylan 24 Ga. 40 1858 0 Personal Property Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Oliver v. Stone 24 Ga. 63 1858 0 Slave Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Hunter v. Humphreys 55 Va. 287 1858 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Wedge v. State 12 Md. 232 1858 0 Maryland
State v. Reed 12 Md. 263 1858 0 Maryland
Wilson v. Porter 13 La. Ann. 407 1858 0 Dispute over ownership of enslaved person, authentic acts Louisiana
Price v. Sanchez 8 Fla. 136 1858 0 Property Rights in a Slave to a Married Women Supreme Court of FL
McKay v. Friebele 8 Fla. 21 1858 0 Enforcement of an Instrument of Assignment Supreme Court of FL
Abernathy v. Abernathy 8 Fla. 243 1858 0 Suit in Chancery by Wife Supreme Court of FL
Wright v. Railey 13 La. Ann. 536 1858 0 Promissory notes, consideration, redhibition Louisiana
Close v. Close 13 La. Ann. 590 1858 0 Executors, attorney's fees, court costs Louisiana
Johnston v. Cammack, Squires & West 13 La. Ann. 594 1858 0 Sequestration, mortgage Louisiana
Williamson v. Coalter's Ex'ors 55 Va. 394 1858 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Livesay v. Helms 55 Va. 441 1858 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Dixon v. McCue 55 Va. 540 1858 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Roberts v. Fleming 31 Ala. 683 1858 0 Breach of Warranty for Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Cogan v. Frisby 36 Miss. 178 1858 0 Evidence regarding sale of enslaved woman Mississippi
Garner & Neville v. Lyles & Bracy 35 Miss. 176 1858 0 Fraudulent coveyance of slaves Mississippi
Lusk v. Swayze 35 Miss. 155 1858 0 Reversion of enslaved man distributed to a widow to the distributees Mississippi