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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Custis v. Snead 53 Va. 260 1855 0 Suit for partition of land SC of Appeals VA
Snoddy v. Haskins 53 Va. 363 1855 0 Injunction to restrain the sale of a slave SC of Appeals VA
Wood v. Humphreys 53 Va. 333 1855 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Pearson v. Johnson 34 Tenn. 580 1855 0 Tennessee
Curry v. Gaulden 17 Ga. 72 1855 0 Bond Supreme Court of Georgia
Taylor v. Cullins 53 Va. 394 1855 0 Injunction to restrain the sale of a slave SC of Appeals VA
Nixon v. Rose 53 Va. 425 1855 0 Action to recover a slave SC of Appeals VA
Sanderson v. Jones 6 Fla. 430 1855 0 Husband's Conveyance Power Supreme Court of FL
Ruffners v. Putney 53 Va. 541 1855 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Wittick v. Traun 27 Ala. 562 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Harrison v. Lloyd 43 S.C.L. 161 1855 0 South Carolina
Jenkins v. McConico 26 Ala. 213 1855 0 Trover Alabama
Ferguson v. Mason 34 Tenn. 618 1855 0 Tennessee
Farnsworth v. Arnold 3 Sneed 252 1855 0 Tennessee
Thompson v. Meek 3 Sneed 271 1855 0 Tennessee
Gunn v. Mason 2 Sneed 637 1855 0 Tennessee
Martin v. Hardesty 27 Ala. 458 1855 0 Malicious Prosectuion Alabama
Camp v. Dill 27 Ala. 553 1855 0 Contract Dispute over Hire of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Hughes v. Boyd 2 Sneed 512 1855 0 Tennessee
State v. Sharp 2 Sneed 615 1855 0 Tennessee