Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Kennington v. Williams 30 Ala. 361 1857 0 Trover for conversion of enslaved persons Alabama
Walton v. Jordan 23 Ga. 420 1857 0 Action of deceit Supreme Court of Georgia
Porter v. Thomas 23 Ga. 467 1857 0 Will and Trust Suprem Court of Georgia
Lee v. McElvy 23 Ga. 129 1857 0 will and trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Sheppard v. Sheppard 22 Ga. 426 1857 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Adams v. Dickson 23 Ga. 406 1857 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Trippe v. Trippe 29 Ala. 637 1857 0 Action for partition Alabama
Johnson v. Nelms 21 Ga. 192 1857 0 equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Holman v. Murdock 34 Miss. 275 1857 0 Importation of slaves uncertified for sale Mississippi
Pickens v. Yarborough 30 Ala. 408 1857 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
James v. Carper 36 Tenn. 397 1857 0 Tennessee
Wyatt’s Adm'r v. Rambo 29 Ala. 510 1857 0 Trover to recover enslaved person Alabama
Wittick's Adm'r v. Keiffer 31 Ala. 199 1857 0 Detinue Alabama
Field & Adams v. Lucas 21 Ga. 447 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia
Wynn v. Garland 19 Ark. 23 1857 0 License dispute Arkansas
George v. English 30 Ala. 582 1857 0 Detinue for a enslaved person Alabama
Pinkston v. McLemore 31 Ala. 308 1857 0 Dispute over Estate Alabama
Alexander v. Kennedy 19 Tex. 488 1857 0 Will & trust Texas
King v. Phillips 6 Del. 349 1857 0 Replevin of an enslaved person to either defendant or plaintiff Delaware
Marble v. Whaley 33 Miss. 157 1857 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi