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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ruffners v. Putney 53 Va. 541 1855 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Nixon v. Rose 53 Va. 425 1855 0 Action to recover a slave SC of Appeals VA
Taylor v. Cullins 53 Va. 394 1855 0 Injunction to restrain the sale of a slave SC of Appeals VA
Wood v. Humphreys 53 Va. 333 1855 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Snoddy v. Haskins 53 Va. 363 1855 0 Injunction to restrain the sale of a slave SC of Appeals VA
Custis v. Snead 53 Va. 260 1855 0 Suit for partition of land SC of Appeals VA
Harvey v. Epes 53 Va. 153 1855 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Moore v. Brooks 53 Va. 135 1855 0 Action to enjoin a sale SC of Appeals VA
Osborne v. Taylor's Adm'r 53 Va. 117 1855 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Watson v. Hutto 27 Ala. 513 1855 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Rowan v. Hutchisson 27 Ala. 328 1855 0 Challenged Ownership of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Perdue v. Ellis 18 Ga. 586 1855 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Hampton v. Hampton 18 Ga. 513 1855 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Dinkins v. Moore 17 Ga. 62 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Clayton v. Brown 17 Ga. 217 1855 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
McGlawn v. McGlawn 17 Ga. 234 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Epps v. State 19 Ga. 102 1855 0 Indictment for murder Supreme Court of Georgia
Williams v. Allen 17 Ga. 81 1855 0 Deed Supreme Court of Georgia
Hansell v. Bryan 19 Ga. 167 1855 0 Trover Action Suprem Court of Georgia
Burns v. Hill 19 Ga. 22 1855 0 Fraud case Supreme Court of Georgia