Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Vaughan v. Vaughan's Heirs 30 Ala. 329 1857 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Berry v. Diamond Ex. 19 Ark. 262 1857 0 Action of debt Arkansas
Blackburn v. Morton 18 Ark. 384 1857 0 Action of detinue for a enslaved person Arkansas
Wallace v. Canaday 36 Tenn. 364 1857 0 Tennessee
Doe v. Prettyman 6 Del. 334 1857 0 Replevin of land that involves and enslaved man Delaware
Young v. Smith 25 Mo. 341 1857 1 Missouri
Miller v. Goodwin 74 Mass. 542 1857 1 Massachusetts
Davis v. Oswalt 18 Ark. 414 1857 0 Lien dispute Arkansas
Newsom v. Davis 20 Tex. 419 1857 1 Texas
Hollingsworth v. Handcock 7 Fla. 338 1857 0 Dispute Over a Conditional Sale of a Slave Supreme Court of FL
Tucker v. State ex rel. Kneighton 11 Md. 322 1857 0 Maryland
Traun v. Keiffer 31 Ala. 136 1857 0 Detinue Alabama
Weathers v. Patterson 30 Ala. 404 1857 0 Will & trust Alabama
Major v. State 36 Tenn. 597 1857 0 Tennessee
Pace v. Mealing 21 Ga. 464 1857 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Chaires v. Shepard 7 Fla. 77 1857 0 Distribution of Personal Estate to a Wife Supreme Court of FL
Bunn v. Bunn 22 Ga. 472 1857 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Sheppard v. Sheppard 22 Ga. 426 1857 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Meek v. Holton 22 Ga. 491 1857 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Crawford v. Cato 22 Ga. 594 1857 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia