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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Drake v. Glover 30 Ala. 382 1857 0 Detinue Alabama
Caldwell v. Sawyer 30 Ala. 283 1857 0 Subject Estate to Payment of Promissory Note Alabama
Waring v. Edmonds 11 Md. 424 1857 0 Maryland
Tucker v. State ex rel. Kneighton 11 Md. 322 1857 0 Maryland
Brown v. Goolsby 34 Miss. 437 1857 0 Recovery of slaves in equity Mississippi
Carradine v. Carradine 33 Miss. 698 1857 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi
Steadman v. Holman 33 Miss. 550 1857 0 Entitlement of husband to wife's slaves Mississippi
Quarles v. Grigsby 31 Ala. 172 1857 0 Fraudulent Conveyance Alabama
Marble v. Whaley 33 Miss. 157 1857 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi
Warner v. Warner 33 Miss. 547 1857 0 Forfeiture of right to life interest in slaves belonging to wife Mississippi
Johnson v. Miller 33 Miss. 553 1857 0 Construction of portion of proceeds from will Mississippi
Norris v. State 33 Miss. 373 1857 0 Criminal charge for larceny of a slave Mississippi
Holt & Chambers v. Bancroft 30 Ala. 193 1857 1 Alabama
Billingslea v. Young 33 Miss. 95 1857 0 Issues in separate estate of the wife including slaves Mississippi
Phipps v. Morton 33 Miss. 211 1857 0 Recovery of an enslaved woman Mississippi
Hatto v. Brooks 33 Miss. 575 1857 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi
Manly v. Kidd 33 Miss. 141 1857 0 Right to slaves in possession of claimants Mississippi
Bass v. Heard 33 Miss. 131 1857 0 Enjoinment of executions Mississippi
Olive v. Walton 33 Miss. 103 1857 0 How separate estate of wife descends Mississippi
Western & Atlantic R. R. v. Fulton 36 Tenn. 589 1857 0 Tennessee