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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hamilton v. Fowlkes 16 Ark. 340 1855 0 Property dispute Arkansas
Grimmett v. Witherington 16 Ark. 377 1855 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Agee v. Williams 27 Ala. 644 1855 0 Specific Recovery of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Hall v. Hall 18 Ga. 40 1855 0 Testator of will Georgia
Jackson v. Jackson 28 Miss. 674 1855 0 Advancement of slaves Mississippi
Miller v. Jones' Administrator 26 Ala. 247 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Jason v. Henderson 7 Md. 430 1855 0 0 Maryland
Johnson v. Boyles 26 Ala. 576 1855 0 Trover Alabama
Burns v. Hill 19 Ga. 22 1855 0 Fraud case Supreme Court of Georgia
Maley v. Barrett 2 Sneed 501 1855 0 Tennessee
Epps v. State 19 Ga. 102 1855 0 Indictment for murder Supreme Court of Georgia
Hamlet v. Johnson 26 Ala. 557 1855 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
William & Mary College v. Powell 53 Va. 372 1855 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Jenkins v. McConico 26 Ala. 213 1855 0 Trover Alabama
Branan v. May 17 Ga. 136 1855 0 Obstruction action for injury Supreme Court of Georgia
Hansell v. Bryan 19 Ga. 167 1855 0 Trover Action Suprem Court of Georgia
Miller v. Saunders 18 Ga. 492 1855 0 Recovery of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Rowan v. Hutchisson 27 Ala. 328 1855 0 Challenged Ownership of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Wells v. Treadwell 28 Miss. 717 1855 0 Right of wife to convey slaves Mississippi
Smith v. Smith 2 Sneed 473 1855 0 Tennessee