Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Raine v. Rice 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 529 1857 1 Virginia
Rowland v. Rorke 49 N.C. 337 1857 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Swindall v. Bradley 56 N.C. 353 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Vass v. Freeman 56 N.C. 221 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Knight v. Knight 56 N.C. 167 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Garrison v. Eborn 56 N.C. 228 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Homesley v. Hogue 49 N.C. 481 1857 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Bridges v. Wilkins 56 N.C. 342 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Simpson v. Houston 56 N.C. 487 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Pinckston v. Brown 56 N.C. 494 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
State v. Henry 50 N.C. 65 1857 0 Indictment for an assault North Carolina
Everton v. Everton 50 N.C. 202 1857 0 Divorce North Carolina
Newell v. Taylor 56 N.C. 374 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Spencer v. Spencer 56 N.C. 404 1857 0 Property interests North Carolina
Fail v. McArthur 31 Ala. 26 1857 0 Conversion of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Spencer v. Banister 12 La. Ann. 766 1857 1 Louisiana
Griffon v. Blanc 12 La. Ann. 5 1857 1 Louisiana
Slocomb, Richards & Co. v. Blackburn 18 Ark. 309 1857 0 Creditor dispute Arkansas
Work v. Glaskins 33 Miss. 539 1857 0 Right of wife to enforce promissory note due to her for sale of slaves Mississippi
Sam v. State 33 Miss. 347 1857 0 Whether confession of arson by enslaved man to his master admissible Mississippi