Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Slocomb, Richards & Co. v. Blackburn 18 Ark. 309 1857 0 Creditor dispute Arkansas
Roberts v. Roberts 54 Va. 639 1857 1 Virginia
Bartee v. Tompkins 36 Tenn. 623 1857 0 Tennessee
Williamson v. Williamson 57 Ky. 329 1857 0 North Carolina
Couch v. Jones 49 N.C. 402 1857 0 Property interests North Carolina
Lasell v. L. E. & Epps Tucker 37 Tenn. 33 1857 1 Tennessee
Raine v. Rice 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 529 1857 1 Virginia
Powell’s Distributees v. Powell’s Legatees 30 Ala. 697 1857 0 Will & trust Louisiana
Atkins v. Lewis 55 Va. 30 1857 1 Virginia
Wootten v. Wootten's Ex'or 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 494 1857 0 Wills & Estate Special Ct of Appeals VA
Shearman's Adm'r v. Hicks 55 Va. 96 1857 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Randolph v. Wendel 36 Tenn. 646 1857 0 Tennessee
Planters' Bank v. Fowlkes 36 Tenn. 461 1857 1 Tennessee
Chaires v. Shepard 7 Fla. 77 1857 0 Distribution of Personal Estate to a Wife Supreme Court of FL
Roby v. Boswell 23 Ga. 51 1857 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Doe v. Prettyman 6 Del. 334 1857 0 Replevin of land that involves and enslaved man Delaware
Oglesby v. Stodghill 23 Ga. 590 1857 0 trespass Supreme Court of Georgia
Jordan v. State 22 Ga. 545 1857 0 Indictment for murdering a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Rowland v. Rorke 49 N.C. 337 1857 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Pritchard v. Wallace 36 Tenn. 405 1857 0 Tennessee