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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Holmesly v. Hogue 47 N.C. 391 1855 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Ex parte Robins 15 Ark. 402 1855 0 Petitioner seeked right to bail out his enslaved person Arkansas
Murphy v. Barefield 27 Ala. 634 1855 0 Contract Dispute over Mortgage of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Delap v. Delap 55 N.C. 290 1855 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Thomas v. De Graffenreid 27 Ala. 651 1855 0 Right of Property Alabama
O'Neal v. Baker 47 N.C. 168 1855 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Weatherly v. Miller 47 N.C. 166 1855 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Graves v. Graves 10 La. Ann. 212 1855 0 Wills, successions, donations Louisiana
Matthis v. Matthis 48 N.C. 132 1855 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Cotten v. Blocker 6 Fla. 1 1855 0 Use of Slaves to Secure Bond Payments Supreme Court of FL
Harrison & Robinson v. Johnston 27 Ala. 445 1855 0 Action regarding note of sale Alabama
Cowles v. Rowland 47 N.C. 219 1855 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Snelling v. Darrell 17 Ga. 141 1855 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Robertson v. Wallis 10 La. Ann. 214 1855 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
Porterfield v. Greenwood 10 La. Ann. 51 1855 0 Sales, seizure, title, debts Louisiana
Hewson v. Creswell 10 La. Ann. 232 1855 0 Sales, redhibition, properly named defendants Louisiana
Noel v. Wheatly 30 Miss. 181 1855 0 Breach of warranty Mississippi
Wallis v. Robertson 10 La. Ann. 215 1855 0 Promissory notes, redhibition, estates Louisiana
Stimpson v. Fries 55 N.C. 156 1855 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Spears v. Shropshire 10 La. Ann. 218 1855 0 Marital property, conflict of laws, successions Louisiana