Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bullock v. Ferguson 30 Ala. 227 1857 0 Will & trust Alabama
Drane v. Beall 21 Ga. 21 1857 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Jackson v. Bob 18 Ark. 399 1857 0 Petition for freedom Arkansas
Powers v. Inferior Court of Dougherty County 23 Ga. 65 1857 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Farrow v. Bragg's Adm'r 30 Ala. 261 1857 0 Contract dispute Alabama
Everett v. Mount 22 Ga. 323 1857 0 Will and testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Harriet v. Swan 18 Ark. 495 1857 0 Manumission of enslaved person Arkansas
Jackson v. Tift 23 Ga. 46 1857 0 slave contract Georgia
Morris' Ex'or v. Duke's Adm'r 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 462 1857 0 Suit to recover legacies Special Ct of Appeals VA
Grier v. Ward 23 Ga. 145 1857 0 trepass Supreme Court of Georgia
Flanders v. Flanders 23 Ga. 249 1857 0 Equity action for slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
King v. Kent's Heirs 29 Ala. 542 1857 0 Recovery Estate Sold in Orphan's Court Alabama
Lemmon v. People ex rel. Napoleon 26 Barb. 270 1857 0 Recovery for freedom SC, General Term, New York
Morton v. Bradley 30 Ala. 683 1857 0 Action to Recover Damages for Killing an Enslaved Person Alabama
Wilson's Heirs v. Wilson’s Adm’r 30 Ala. 670 1857 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Shelton v. Johnson 36 Tenn. 672 1857 0 Tennessee
Brooks v. Smith 21 Ga. 261 1857 0 Liable for work slave death Supreme Court of Georgia
Jones v. Smith 33 Miss. 215 1857 0 Purchase by trustee from cestue que trust Mississippi
Gray v. Bridgeforth 33 Miss. 312 1857 0 Construction of clause in will Mississippi
Thompson v. Lee 31 Ala. 292 1857 0 Recission of a contract Alabama