Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Jordan v. State 22 Ga. 545 1857 0 Indictment for murdering a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Field & Adams v. Lucas 21 Ga. 447 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia
Booty v. Brazier 22 Ga. 20 1857 0 Recovery for promissory note Supreme Court of Georgia
Spencer v. Spencer 56 N.C. 404 1857 0 Property interests North Carolina
Beale v. Hall 22 Ga. 431 1857 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Morris v. Stokes 21 Ga. 552 1857 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Bolton v. De Peyster 25 Barb. 539 1857 1 New York
Greenlaw v. Kernahan 36 Tenn. 371 1857 1 Tennessee
Hook v. Stovall, Dunn & Co. 21 Ga. 69 1857 0 Promissory Note Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Executors of Smith 23 Ga. 21 1857 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Davis v. Oswalt 18 Ark. 414 1857 0 Lien dispute Arkansas
Willis v. Willis 22 Ga. 290 1857 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Johnson 21 Ga. 386 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia
Ex parte Howard 30 Ala. 43 1857 0 Indictment for homicide of enslaved person Alabama
Roberts v. Roberts 54 Va. 639 1857 1 Virginia
Homesley v. Hogue 49 N.C. 481 1857 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Wynn v. Garland 19 Ark. 23 1857 0 License dispute Arkansas
Bridges v. Wilkins 56 N.C. 342 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Hammond v. Candler 22 Ga. 281 1857 0 forfeiture of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Pace v. Mealing 21 Ga. 464 1857 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia