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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Frank v. State 27 Ala. 37 1855 0 Indictment against Enslaved Personsfor Murder of Another Enslaved Person Alabama
Brame v. Brame 55 N.C. 280 1855 0 Deeds North Carolina
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Civil Kentucky
Williams v. Crum 27 Ala. 468 1855 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Harrington v. Moore 48 N.C. 56 1855 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Madre v. Saunders 48 N.C. 1 1855 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Carnes v. Apperson & Co. 2 Sneed 562 1855 0 Tennessee
Porter v. Ross 55 N.C. 196 1855 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State v. Williams 47 N.C. 194 1855 0 Indictment for larceny and trading w/ slaves North Carolina
Williamson v. Chamberlain 10 N.J. Eq. 373 1855 Will & trust New Jersey
Shiver v. Brock 55 N.C. 137 1855 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Willis v. Willis 18 Ga. 13 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Ferguson v. Mason 34 Tenn. 618 1855 0 Tennessee
Wells v. Treadwell 28 Miss. 717 1855 0 Right of wife to convey slaves Mississippi
Farnsworth v. Arnold 3 Sneed 252 1855 0 Tennessee
Mobley v. Barnes 26 Ala. 718 1855 0 Trover Alabama
Shelfer v. Gooding 47 N.C. 175 1855 0 Action of slander North Carolina
McCall v. White 10 La. Ann. 577 1855 0 Fee simple, Estates, sales, bailments Louisiana
McVay's Adm'r v. Ijams 27 Ala. 238 1855 0 Deed dispute Alabama
Abercrombie's Executor v. Abercrombie's Heirs 27 Ala. 489 1855 0 Dispute over Will Alabama