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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Polk v. Buchanan 37 Tenn. 721 1857 0 Tennessee
Bragg v. French 37 Tenn. 244 1857 0 Tennessee
Luna v. Edmiston 37 Tenn. 159 1857 0 Tennessee
Work v. Glaskins 33 Miss. 539 1857 0 Right of wife to enforce promissory note due to her for sale of slaves Mississippi
James v. Carper 36 Tenn. 397 1857 0 Tennessee
McReynolds v. Jones 30 Ala. 101 1857 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Phipps v. Morton 33 Miss. 211 1857 0 Recovery of an enslaved woman Mississippi
Hatto v. Brooks 33 Miss. 575 1857 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi
Manly v. Kidd 33 Miss. 141 1857 0 Right to slaves in possession of claimants Mississippi
Bass v. Heard 33 Miss. 131 1857 0 Enjoinment of executions Mississippi
Olive v. Walton 33 Miss. 103 1857 0 How separate estate of wife descends Mississippi
Fox v. Matthews 33 Miss. 433 1857 0 Verbal sale of slaves in Louisina Mississippi
Johns v. Johns 23 Ga. 31 1857 0 Bill for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Goss v. Whitehead 33 Miss. 213 1857 0 Use of promissory note signed in blank to hire slaves Mississippi
Daret v. Gray 12 La. Ann. 394 1857 0 Runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Oglesby v. Stodghill 23 Ga. 590 1857 0 trespass Supreme Court of Georgia
Sam v. State 33 Miss. 347 1857 0 Whether confession of arson by enslaved man to his master admissible Mississippi
Voorhies v. DeBlanc 12 La. Ann. 864 1857 0 Creditor's rights, property, inheritance, successions Louisiana
Blevins v. Alexander 36 Tenn. 583 1857 0 Tennessee
Gass v. Mason 36 Tenn. 497 1857 0 Tennessee