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
People ex rel. Olmstead v. Olmstead 27 Barb. 9 1857 1 New York
Scruggs v. Davis 37 Tenn. 261 1857 0 Tennessee
Harris v. Maury 30 Ala. 679 1857 0 Contract for Hire of Enslaved Person Alabama
Johns v. Johns 23 Ga. 31 1857 0 Bill for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Wilkinson v. Moseley 30 Ala. 562 1857 0 Recovery for Enslaved Person wages Alabama
State v. Feaster 25 Mo. 324 1857 1 Missouri
Duckworth's Ex'rs v. Butler 31 Ala. 164 1857 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Drake v. Glover 30 Ala. 382 1857 0 Detinue Alabama
Weathers v. Patterson 30 Ala. 404 1857 0 Will & trust Alabama
Crimm's Adm'rs v. Crawford 29 Ala. 623 1857 0 Action by adminstrator for recovery of enslaved persons Alabama
Pickens v. Oliver 29 Ala. 528 1857 0 Action by husband and wife to recover enslaved persons Alabama
Scruggs v. Driver’s Executors 31 Ala. 274 1857 0 Contract dispute Alabama
Smith v. Johnson 21 Ga. 386 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia
Wyatt’s Adm'r v. Rambo 29 Ala. 510 1857 0 Trover to recover enslaved person Alabama
Ex parte Howard 30 Ala. 43 1857 0 Indictment for homicide of enslaved person Alabama
Bailey v. Barnelly 23 Ga. 582 1857 0 Evidence received from slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Horsey v. Thomas C. Horsey's Executors 6 Del. 438 1857 0 Inheritance of two enslaved indivduals to wife and one to son Delaware
King v. Phillips 6 Del. 349 1857 0 Replevin of an enslaved person to either defendant or plaintiff Delaware
Johnson v. Nelms 21 Ga. 192 1857 0 equity action Supreme Court of Georgia