Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Weathers v. Patterson 30 Ala. 404 1857 0 Will & trust Alabama
Berry v. Diamond Ex. 19 Ark. 262 1857 0 Action of debt Arkansas
Feagin v. Beasley 23 Ga. 17 1857 0 Breach of warranty Supreme Court of Georgia
Bartee v. Tompkins 36 Tenn. 623 1857 0 Tennessee
Pritchard v. Wallace 36 Tenn. 405 1857 0 Tennessee
Ex parte Howard 30 Ala. 43 1857 0 Indictment for homicide of enslaved person Alabama
Roby v. Boswell 23 Ga. 51 1857 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Spence v. Dodd 19 Ark. 166 1857 0 Bill of sale dispute Arkansas
Elam v. Rawson 21 Ga. 139 1857 0 levy action Georgia
Doe v. Prettyman 6 Del. 334 1857 0 Replevin of land that involves and enslaved man Delaware
Drake v. Glover 30 Ala. 382 1857 0 Detinue Alabama
Hollingsworth v. Handcock 7 Fla. 338 1857 0 Dispute Over a Conditional Sale of a Slave Supreme Court of FL
Fatheree v. Lawrence 33 Miss. 585 1857 0 Probate of will Mississippi
Willis v. Willis 22 Ga. 290 1857 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Succession of Waters 12 La. Ann. 97 1857 1 Louisiana
Wilkinson v. Moseley 30 Ala. 562 1857 0 Recovery for Enslaved Person wages Alabama
Hemphill v. Hemphill 34 Miss. 68 1857 0 Fraudulent assignment of slaves as property Mississippi
Chaires v. Shepard 7 Fla. 77 1857 0 Distribution of Personal Estate to a Wife Supreme Court of FL
Cole v. Varner 31 Ala. 244 1857 0 Recovery of Enslaved Person Alabama
Case v. Mayor of Mobile 30 Ala. 538 1857 0 Proceeding for violation of municipal ordinance Alabama