Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. David 49 N.C. 353 1857 0 Murder North Carolina
Cotten v. Davis 49 N.C. 416 1857 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Scruggs v. Driver’s Executors 31 Ala. 274 1857 0 Contract dispute Alabama
Powell v. Cobb 56 N.C. 456 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Chavez v. McKnight 1 N.M. 147 1857 1 New Mexico
Chesnutt v. Meares 56 N.C. 416 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Woodhouse v. McRae 50 N.C. 1 1857 0 Property interests North Carolina
Freeman v. Okey 56 N.C. 473 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State v. John 50 N.C. 163 1857 0 Robbery North Carolina
Harrell v. Norvill 50 N.C. 29 1857 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Ireland v. Foust 56 N.C. 498 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Hall v. Davis 56 N.C. 413 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Cole v. Varner 31 Ala. 244 1857 0 Recovery of Enslaved Person Alabama
Cain v. Hawkins 50 N.C. 192 1857 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Carew v. Love's Adm'r 30 Ala. 577 1857 0 Detinue for enslaved person Alabama
Holman v. Murdock 34 Miss. 275 1857 0 Importation of slaves uncertified for sale Mississippi
Boatner v. Yarborough 12 La. Ann. 249 1857 1 Louisiana
Durden v. McWilliams 31 Ala. 206 1857 0 Trial of right of property in enslaved person Alabama
Williams v. Scott 30 Ala. 241 1857 0 Trespass for wrongful taking of enslaved person Alabama
Hill v. Hardy 34 Miss. 289 1857 0 Jurisdiction of probate court Mississippi