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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Rowland v. Rorke 49 N.C. 337 1857 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Johnson v. Nelms 21 Ga. 192 1857 0 equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Johns v. Johns 23 Ga. 31 1857 0 Bill for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
James v. Carper 36 Tenn. 397 1857 0 Tennessee
Griffon v. Blanc 12 La. Ann. 5 1857 1 Louisiana
Bartee v. Tompkins 36 Tenn. 623 1857 0 Tennessee