Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hook v. Stovall, Dunn & Co. 21 Ga. 69 1857 0 Promissory Note Supreme Court of Georgia
Goodman v. Walker 30 Ala. 482 1857 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Couch v. Jones 49 N.C. 402 1857 0 Property interests North Carolina
Edwards v. Edwards 30 Ala. 394 1857 0 Divorce action Alabama
Cook v. Loomis 26 Conn. 483 1857 1 Connecticut
Kennington v. Williams 30 Ala. 361 1857 0 Trover for conversion of enslaved persons Alabama
Hammond v. Candler 22 Ga. 281 1857 0 forfeiture of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Jones v. Walkup 37 Tenn. 135 1857 0 Tennessee
King v. Phillips 6 Del. 349 1857 0 Replevin of an enslaved person to either defendant or plaintiff Delaware
Horsey v. Thomas C. Horsey's Executors 6 Del. 438 1857 0 Inheritance of two enslaved indivduals to wife and one to son Delaware
Pace v. Mealing 21 Ga. 464 1857 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Caldwell v. Sawyer 30 Ala. 283 1857 0 Subject Estate to Payment of Promissory Note Alabama
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
Arline v. Miller 22 Ga. 330 1857 0 equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Gardner v. Boothe 31 Ala. 186 1857 0 Detinue for enslaved persons Alabama
Spencer v. Godwin 30 Ala. 355 1857 0 Bill of sale dispute Alabama
Elam v. Rawson 21 Ga. 139 1857 0 levy action Georgia