Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Garrett v. Freeman 50 N.C. 78 1857 0 Negligence North Carolina
Allen v. Prater 30 Ala. 458 1857 0 Title dispute Alabama
Goss v. Whitehead 33 Miss. 213 1857 0 Use of promissory note signed in blank to hire slaves Mississippi
Fox v. Matthews 33 Miss. 433 1857 0 Verbal sale of slaves in Louisina Mississippi
Olive v. Walton 33 Miss. 103 1857 0 How separate estate of wife descends Mississippi
Bass v. Heard 33 Miss. 131 1857 0 Enjoinment of executions Mississippi
Scott v. State 30 Ala. 503 1857 0 Indictment for homicide Alabama
Pickens v. Oliver 29 Ala. 528 1857 0 Action by husband and wife to recover enslaved persons Alabama
Manly v. Kidd 33 Miss. 141 1857 0 Right to slaves in possession of claimants Mississippi
Knight v. Knight 12 La. Ann. 396 1857 0 Property, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Cox v. Peterson 30 Ala. 608 1857 1 Alabama
Smith v. Mobile Navigation & Mutual Insurance 30 Ala. 167 1857 1 Alabama
Molaison v. Hébert 12 La. Ann. 232 1857 0 Forced heirs, testaments, manumission Louisiana
Smith v. Tallassee Branch of Central Plank-Road Co. 30 Ala. 650 1857 1 Alabama
Mills v. Walton 19 Tex. 271 1857 1 Texas
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
Harriet v. Swan 18 Ark. 495 1857 0 Manumission of enslaved person Arkansas
Dumas v. Hunter 30 Ala. 75 1857 1 Alabama