Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Jones v. Covey 26 Ala. 464 1855 0 Suit for freedom Alabama
Fenner v. Kirkman 26 Ala. 650 1855 0 Detinue for a enslaved person Alabama
Traun v. Wittick 27 Ala. 570 1855 0 Detinue for eight enslaved persons Alabama
Woods v. Howell 17 Ga. 495 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Jenkins v. McConico 26 Ala. 213 1855 0 Trover Alabama
Read v. Manning 30 Miss. 308 1855 0 Emancipation of slaves via will, in contravention of state laws Mississippi
Thomas v. Henderson 27 Ala. 523 1855 0 Right of Property Alabama
Ferguson v. Mason 34 Tenn. 618 1855 0 Tennessee
Wiley, Banks & Co. v. Knight 27 Ala. 336 1855 0 Mortgage dispute Alabama
Landman v. Snodgrass 26 Ala. 593 1855 0 detinue Alabama
Woodward v. Donally 27 Ala. 198 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Gerald v. McKenzie 27 Ala. 166 1855 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Dearing v. Moore 26 Ala. 586 1855 0 Recovery for Assault and Battery on an Enslaved Person Alabama
Cockrell v. Gurley 26 Ala. 405 1855 0 Action to Protect Title of Remainder in Enslaved Persons Alabama
Miller v. Flournoy's Heirs 26 Ala. 724 1855 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Walker v. Walker's Distributees 26 Ala. 262 1855 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Brantley v. West 27 Ala. 542 1855 0 Alleged Fraud in Mortgage Alabama
Camp v. Dill 27 Ala. 553 1855 0 Contract Dispute over Hire of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Ex parte Robins 15 Ark. 402 1855 0 Petitioner seeked right to bail out his enslaved person Arkansas
Locke's Executor v. Palmer 26 Ala. 312 1855 0 Dispute over Possession of Enslaved Persons Alabama