All cases Involving slavery Cites cases involving slavery (1 degree removed) Cases including names of people involved Cases with short summaries Cases with full summaries
Alaska Alabama Arkansas American Samoa Arizona California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Delaware Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming Dakota Territory United States
Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Wilson 12 La. Ann. 189 1857 0 Inveigling of an enslaved person Louisiana
Lemmon v. People ex rel. Napoleon 26 Barb. 270 1857 0 Recovery for freedom SC, General Term, New York
McRae v. Purvis, Gladden & Co. 12 La. Ann. 85 1857 0 Property, creditor's rights, fraud, Louisiana
Wilson v. Hendry 12 La. Ann. 244 1857 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, marital property, successions Louisiana
Townsend v. Hill 18 Tex. 422 1857 0 Texas
Riggin v. Kendig 12 La. Ann. 451 1857 0 Redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Layton v. City of New Orleans 12 La. Ann. 515 1857 0 Taxes, property Louisiana
Owen v. Brown 12 La. Ann. 172 1857 0 Runaway enslaved person, harboring enslaved person Louisiana
State v. Judge of the Fifth District Court ex rel. Perkins 12 La. Ann. 455 1857 0 Redhibition, contracts, sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Manice v. Duncan 12 La. Ann. 715 1857 0 Hypothecary action, property, mortgages Louisiana
Spencer v. Amis 12 La. Ann. 127 1857 0 Hypothecary action, judicial lien, mortgages, property Louisiana
Hickman v. Flenniken 12 La. Ann. 268 1857 0 Property, successions, tutorship, accounts Louisiana
State v. Judge of the Seventh Judicial District 12 La. Ann. 48 1857 0 Writ of mandamus, Seizure, sales, property Louisiana
Smith v. Croom 7 Fla. 81 1857 0 Establishing Domicile in the State of FL Supreme Court of FL
Theriet v. Voorhies 12 La. Ann. 852 1857 0 Tutorship, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
Dearmond v. Courtney 12 La. Ann. 251 1857 0 Sales, property, seizure Louisiana
Succession of Wilson 12 La. Ann. 591 1857 0 Property, wills, fraudulent administration Louisiana
Carter v. State 20 Tex. 339 1857 0 Indictment against master for allowing slave to carry firearm Texas
Echols v. Dodd 20 Tex. 190 1857 0 Action for causing death of slave Texas
Suthon v. Castille 12 La. Ann. 889 1857 0 Sales, marital property, intestacy, debts Louisiana