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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Blackburn v. Morton 18 Ark. 384 1857 0 Action of detinue for a enslaved person Arkansas
Meek v. Holton 22 Ga. 491 1857 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Crawford v. Cato 22 Ga. 594 1857 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Walton v. Jordan 23 Ga. 420 1857 0 Action of deceit Supreme Court of Georgia
Arline v. Miller 22 Ga. 330 1857 0 equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Elam v. Rawson 21 Ga. 139 1857 0 levy action Georgia
Oglesby v. Stodghill 23 Ga. 590 1857 0 trespass Supreme Court of Georgia
Johnson v. Nelms 21 Ga. 192 1857 0 equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Childers v. Childers 21 Ga. 377 1857 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Everton v. Everton 50 N.C. 202 1857 0 Divorce North Carolina
Newell v. Taylor 56 N.C. 374 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Berry v. Diamond Ex. 19 Ark. 262 1857 0 Action of debt Arkansas
Spence v. Dodd 19 Ark. 166 1857 0 Bill of sale dispute Arkansas
Wilson v. Anthony 19 Ark. 16 1857 0 Bond dispute Arkansas
Johnson v. State 36 Tenn. 614 1857 1 Tennessee
Bailey v. Barnelly 23 Ga. 582 1857 0 Evidence received from slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Lasell v. L. E. & Epps Tucker 37 Tenn. 33 1857 1 Tennessee
Jones v. Walkup 37 Tenn. 135 1857 0 Tennessee
Griffon v. Blanc 12 La. Ann. 5 1857 1 Louisiana
Street's Ex'ors v. Tinsley's Adm'r 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 612 1857 1 Virginia