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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Grimes v. Hoyt 55 N.C. 271 1855 0 Contracts North Carolina
Reeves v. Cox 47 N.C. 465 1855 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Doe on the demise of Bason v. Holt 47 N.C. 323 1855 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Long v. Wright 47 N.C. 140 1855 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Jones v. Covey 26 Ala. 464 1855 0 Suit for freedom Alabama
Parish v. Merritt 48 N.C. 38 1855 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Wiley, Banks & Co. v. Knight 27 Ala. 336 1855 0 Mortgage dispute Alabama
Cowles v. Rowland 47 N.C. 219 1855 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
James v. Kirk 29 Miss. 206 1855 0 Evidence in faulty sale of enslaved boy Mississippi
Brock v. King 47 N.C. 302 1855 0 Property interests North Carolina
Newman v. Williams 29 Miss. 212 1855 0 Debt resulting from the sale of slaves Mississippi
Fulkerson v. Bullard 35 Tenn. 260 1855 0 Tennessee
Knight v. Oliver 53 Va. 33 1855 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Alabama & Tennessee Rivers Railroad v. Burke 27 Ala. 535 1855 0 Damages for Loss of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Merrill v. Melchior 30 Miss. 516 1855 0 Proving illegal sale of slaves Mississippi
George v. Bean 30 Miss. 147 1855 0 Fraudulent representations of administrator in sale of enslaved woman Mississippi
Freeman v. Scurlock 27 Ala. 407 1855 0 Trover Alabama
Armstrong's Heirs v. Walkup 53 Va. 608 1855 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Ward v. Harrington 29 Miss. 238 1855 0 Enjoinment of sale of slaves Mississippi
Pennington v. Acker 30 Miss. 161 1855 0 Conveyance and sale of slaves Mississippi