Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Knight v. Oliver 53 Va. 33 1855 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Armstrong's Heirs v. Walkup 53 Va. 608 1855 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Stewart v. Bradford 26 Ala. 410 1855 0 Alleged Fradulent Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Moore v. Brooks 53 Va. 135 1855 0 Action to enjoin a sale SC of Appeals VA
Fluker v. Henry's Adm'r 27 Ala. 403 1855 0 Action on Promissory Note Alabama
Underhill v. Saratoga & Washington Rail Road 20 Barb. 455 1855 1 New York
Madre v. Saunders 48 N.C. 1 1855 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Murphy v. Merritt 48 N.C. 37 1855 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Freeman v. Scurlock 27 Ala. 407 1855 0 Trover Alabama
Hardy v. Hardy's Heirs 26 Ala. 524 1855 0 Will & Trust Alabama
Thompson v. Young 30 Miss. 17 1855 0 Murder of a runaway enslaved man Mississippi
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Civil Kentucky
Mobley v. Barnes 26 Ala. 718 1855 0 Trover Alabama
Lang v. Phillips 27 Ala. 311 1855 0 Levy on enslaved person Alabama
Dearing v. Moore 26 Ala. 586 1855 0 Recovery for Assault and Battery on an Enslaved Person Alabama
Cockrell v. Gurley 26 Ala. 405 1855 0 Action to Protect Title of Remainder in Enslaved Persons Alabama
Deans v. McLendon 30 Miss. 343 1855 0 Illegal sale of enslaved men Mississippi
Friend v. Oliver 27 Ala. 532 1855 0 Action for recovery of property Alabama
Thomason v. Rice 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 123 1855 1 Tennessee
Tongue v. Crissy 7 Md. 453 1855 0 Maryland