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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Steele v. Mealing 24 Ala. 285 1854 0 Dispute over Mortgage Alabama
Funchess v. Seibe 26 Miss. 634 1854 0 Division of estate Mississippi
Sweeney v. State 16 Ga. 467 1854 0 Indictment for state offense Supreme Court of Georgia
Crutchfield v. Danilly 16 Ga. 432 1854 0 Equity action Georgia
Cobb, Welsh & Co. v. Johnson 2 Sneed 73 1854 0 Tennessee
Rumbly v. Stainton 24 Ala. 712 1854 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Gunn v. Mason 2 Sneed 637 1855 0 Tennessee
Farnsworth v. Arnold 3 Sneed 252 1855 0 Tennessee
Agee v. Williams 27 Ala. 644 1855 0 Specific Recovery of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Cromartie v. Robison 55 N.C. 218 1855 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Parker v. Leathers 55 N.C. 249 1855 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Lawrence v. Mitchell 48 N.C. 190 1855 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Murphy v. Merritt 48 N.C. 37 1855 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Brame v. Brame 55 N.C. 280 1855 0 Deeds North Carolina
Hathaway v. Leary 55 N.C. 264 1855 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Webb v. Weeks 48 N.C. 279 1855 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Civil Kentucky
Brookshire v. Dubose 55 N.C. 276 1855 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Harrington v. Moore 48 N.C. 56 1855 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Miller v. Jones' Administrator 26 Ala. 247 1855 0 Detinue Alabama