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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Barrow 14 Tex. 179 1855 0 Trial of the right of property Texas
Hampton v. Rather 30 Miss. 193 1855 0 Replevin for recovery of enslaved woman Mississippi
Bennett v. Cooks 15 Tex. 67 1855 0 Registration of slaves dispute Texas
Turner v. Turner 30 Miss. 428 1855 1 Mississippi
Jordan v. M'Kenzie 30 Miss. 32 1855 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi
Young v. Epperson 14 Tex. 618 1855 0 Recovery for slaves Texas
State v. Robbins 48 N.C. 249 1855 0 Murder North Carolina
Murphy v. State 28 Miss. 637 1855 0 Indictment for illegally trading with an enslaved person Mississippi
Matthews v. Douthitt 27 Ala. 273 1855 1 Alabama
Wright v. Ferrin 10 La. Ann. 91 1855 1 Louisiana
Swetland v. Swetland 3 Mich. 482 1855 1 Michigan
Edmondson v. Welsh 27 Ala. 578 1855 1 Alabama
McLeran v. Shartzer 5 Cal. 70 1855 1 California
Morgan v. Lowe, Ebbets & Co. 5 Cal. 325 1855 1 California
Crayton v. Johnson 27 Ala. 503 1855 1 Alabama
Stallings v. Newman 26 Ala. 300 1855 1 Alabama
Hill v. Averett 27 Ala. 484 1855 1 Alabama
McLaren, Ragan & Co. v. Bradford 26 Ala. 616 1855 1 Alabama
Jolley v. Walker's Adm'rs 26 Ala. 690 1855 1 Alabama
Goldsmith, Forcheimer & Co. v. Picard 27 Ala. 142 1855 1 Alabama