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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Freeman v. Okey 56 N.C. 473 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Hook v. Stovall, Dunn & Co. 21 Ga. 69 1857 0 Promissory Note Supreme Court of Georgia
Crawford v. Cato 22 Ga. 594 1857 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Waddell v. Judson 12 La. Ann. 13 1857 0 Mortgages, property, seziure Louisiana
George v. English 30 Ala. 582 1857 0 Detinue for a enslaved person Alabama
Ireland v. Foust 56 N.C. 498 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Toler v. Cushman 12 La. Ann. 733 1857 0 Sale of enslaved person, estates, promissory notes Louisiana
Owen v. Brown 12 La. Ann. 172 1857 0 Runaway enslaved person, harboring enslaved person Louisiana
Riggin v. Kendig 12 La. Ann. 451 1857 0 Redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Cronin v. Gay 20 Tex. 460 1857 0 Property dispute Texas
Wilson v. Hendry 12 La. Ann. 244 1857 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, marital property, successions Louisiana
Baucum v. Streater 50 N.C. 70 1857 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Bost v. Bost 56 N.C. 484 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Norwood v. Cobb 20 Tex. 588 1857 0 Property dispute Texas
Pace v. Mealing 21 Ga. 464 1857 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Barclay v. Sewell 12 La. Ann. 262 1857 0 Property, capacity, emancipation Louisiana
Bennett v. Bennett 12 La. Ann. 253 1857 0 Partition, intestacy, marital property Louisiana
Jones v. Trawick’s Adm’r 31 Ala. 253 1857 0 Trover Alabama
Heard v. Garrett 34 Miss. 152 1857 0 Construction of written agreement Mississippi
Cain v. Hawkins 50 N.C. 192 1857 0 Action of debt North Carolina