Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
White v. Dinkins 19 Ga. 285 1856 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Jim 48 N.C. 348 1856 0 Indictment for assault on a white woman North Carolina
Wallace v. Nelson 28 Ala. 282 1856 1 Alabama
Warren v. Davis 42 Me. 343 1856 1 Maine
Shivers v. Latimer 20 Ga. 737 1856 0 Will and trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Bailey v. Brockett 20 Ga. 148 1856 0 Legal title to slaves Supreme Court
Macon & Western Rail Road v. Davis 18 Ga. 679 1855 0 Action brought for death of slave on carriage Supreme Court of Georgia
Harkness v. Sears 26 Ala. 493 1855 1 Alabama
Spivey v. State 26 Ala. 90 1855 0 Indictment for Carrying Away an Enslaved Person Alabama
Molyneux v. Collier 17 Ga. 46 1855 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Clark v. Shelton 16 Ark. 474 1855 0 Bill of sale dispute Arkansas
Berry v. Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church 7 Md. 564 1855 0 Maryland
United States ex rel. Wheeler v. Williamson 28 F. Cas. 686 1855 0 Will & trust District Court, E.D. PA.
Firemen's Insurance v. Cochran & Co. 27 Ala. 228 1855 1 Alabama
Harden v. Mangham 18 Ga. 563 1855 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Blackmore v. Blackmore 35 Tenn. 365 1855 0 Tennessee
United States v. Smith 27 F. Cas. 1138 1855 0 Indictment of slave trader Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Hoffman, Burneston & Co. v. Mackall 5 Ohio St. 124 1855 1 Ohio
Ela v. Smith 71 Mass. 121 1855 0 Action of tort for illegally seizing alleged slave Massachusetts
Locke's Executor v. Palmer 26 Ala. 312 1855 0 Dispute over Possession of Enslaved Persons Alabama