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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
Hollingsworth v. Handcock 7 Fla. 338 1857 0 Dispute Over a Conditional Sale of a Slave Supreme Court of FL
Chaires v. Shepard 7 Fla. 77 1857 0 Distribution of Personal Estate to a Wife Supreme Court of FL
Couch v. Jones 49 N.C. 402 1857 0 Property interests North Carolina
Morris v. Stokes 21 Ga. 552 1857 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Homesley v. Hogue 49 N.C. 481 1857 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Goodman v. Walker 30 Ala. 482 1857 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Lingo v. Miller & Hill 23 Ga. 187 1857 0 Recovery for a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Street's Ex'ors v. Tinsley's Adm'r 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 612 1857 1 Virginia
Adams v. Dickson 23 Ga. 406 1857 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Cox v. McMullin 55 Va. 82 1857 1 Virginia
Erskine's Ex'ors v. North 55 Va. 60 1857 1 Virginia
Feagin v. Beasley 23 Ga. 17 1857 0 Breach of warranty Supreme Court of Georgia
Duval v. Malone 55 Va. 24 1857 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
De Ende v. Wilkinson's Adm'r 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 663 1857 0 Action of debt Special Ct of Appeals VA
Succession of Boatwright 12 La. Ann. 893 1857 1 Louisiana
Norman v. Hill 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 676 1857 0 Action of debt Special Ct of Appeals VA
Western & Atlantic R. R. v. Fulton 36 Tenn. 589 1857 0 Tennessee
Scruggs v. Davis 37 Tenn. 261 1857 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Walkup 37 Tenn. 135 1857 0 Tennessee