Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Farwell v. Harris 12 La. Ann. 50 1857 0 Theft of enslaved person, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Whann v. Hufty 12 La. Ann. 280 1857 0 Property, seizure, attachments Louisiana
Holland v. Miller 12 La. Ann. 624 1857 0 Consideration, judgment made on insane person, recovery for enslaved persons, contracts, fraud Louisiana
Edwards v. Glasson 12 La. Ann. 586 1857 0 Promissory notes, redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Lewis v. City of New Orleans 12 La. Ann. 190 1857 0 Negligence, death and imprisonment of enslaved person, police misconduct Louisiana
Loubière v. LeBlanc 12 La. Ann. 210 1857 0 Heirs, promissory notes, debts, property, successions Louisiana
McCay v. Chambliss 12 La. Ann. 412 1857 0 Promissory notes, consideration, redhibition Louisiana
Meyer v. Kinzer 1 Cal. Dist. Ct. 326 1857 1 California
Lea ex rel. Green v. Brooks 49 N.C. 423 1857 1 North Carolina
Waddle v. Stuart 36 Tenn. 534 1857 1 Tennessee
People ex rel. Olmstead v. Olmstead 27 Barb. 9 1857 1 New York
Mills v. Walton 19 Tex. 271 1857 1 Texas
State Bank v. Ellis 30 Ala. 478 1857 1 Alabama
Brown, Bros. v. Freeland 34 Miss. 181 1857 1 Mississippi
Pittsburgh & Connelsville Railroad v. Clarke & Thaw 29 Pa. 146 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Jackson v. Steamboat Magnolia 61 U.S. 296 1857 1 United States
Townsend v. Hill 18 Tex. 422 1857 0 Texas
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
Allen v. Russell 19 Tex. 87 1857 0 Texas