Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Holloway v. Armstrong 30 Miss. 504 1855 0 Suit for recovery of enslaved woman Mississippi
Clayton v. Brown 17 Ga. 217 1855 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Harrell v. Green 18 Ga. 711 1855 0 Trover Action Supreme Cour
Brister v. State 26 Ala. 107 1855 0 Prosecution for Murder Alabama
Unis v. Charlton's Adm'r 53 Va. 484 1855 0 Suits for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Spivey v. State 26 Ala. 90 1855 0 Indictment for Carrying Away an Enslaved Person Alabama
James v. Drake 35 Tenn. 340 1855 0 Tennessee
Collier v. Lyons 18 Ga. 648 1855 0 Recovery for value of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Jenkins v. McConico 26 Ala. 213 1855 0 Trover Alabama
Thomas v. Henderson 27 Ala. 523 1855 0 Right of Property Alabama
Landman v. Snodgrass 26 Ala. 593 1855 0 detinue Alabama
Kennedy v. Mason 10 La. Ann. 519 1855 0 Sales, murder of enslaved person, recovery of wages, torts Louisiana
Woodward v. Donally 27 Ala. 198 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Cotten v. Blocker 6 Fla. 1 1855 0 Use of Slaves to Secure Bond Payments Supreme Court of FL
Cox v. Rutledge 18 Ga. 294 1855 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Davis v. Barham 10 La. Ann. 528 1855 0 Property, seizure, sales, fraud Louisiana
Dearing v. Moore 26 Ala. 586 1855 0 Recovery for Assault and Battery on an Enslaved Person Alabama
Walker v. Walker's Distributees 26 Ala. 262 1855 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Camp v. Dill 27 Ala. 553 1855 0 Contract Dispute over Hire of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Agee v. Williams 27 Ala. 644 1855 0 Specific Recovery of an Enslaved Person Alabama