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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Duke's Adm'r v. Duke's Distributees 26 Ala. 673 1855 1 Alabama
Cohoon v. Speed 47 N.C. 133 1855 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Vaccari v. Maxwell 28 F. Cas. 862 1855 1 United States
Thompson v. Young 30 Miss. 17 1855 0 Murder of a runaway enslaved man Mississippi
Cromartie v. Robison 55 N.C. 218 1855 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Dalton v. Murphy 30 Miss. 59 1855 0 Contracts made by married women Mississippi
Moody v. Harper 28 Miss. 615 1855 0 Levy of slaves Mississippi
Moye v. Herndon 30 Miss. 110 1855 0 Evidence Mississippi
Ashby v. Harrison's Committee 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 1 1855 1 Virginia
Long v. Hickingbottom 28 Miss. 772 1855 0 Transfer of enslaved woman by feme covert Mississippi
Mardree v. Sutton 47 N.C. 146 1855 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
O'Neal v. Baker 47 N.C. 168 1855 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Manning v. Johnson 26 Ala. 446 1855 1 Alabama
Wells v. Treadwell 28 Miss. 717 1855 0 Right of wife to convey slaves Mississippi
George v. Bean 30 Miss. 147 1855 0 Fraudulent representations of administrator in sale of enslaved woman Mississippi
Freeman v. Dwiggins 55 N.C. 162 1855 0 Contracts North Carolina
Jackson v. Jackson 28 Miss. 674 1855 0 Advancement of slaves Mississippi
Flanders v. Jones 30 N.H. 154 1855 1 New Hampshire
White v. Michael Brown & Son 47 N.C. 403 1855 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Pennington v. Acker 30 Miss. 161 1855 0 Conveyance and sale of slaves Mississippi