Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Savage v. Walshe 26 Ala. 619 1855 1 Alabama
Ellis v. Fisher 3 Sneed 231 1855 0 Tennessee
Knight v. Oliver 53 Va. 33 1855 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Harvey v. Epes 53 Va. 153 1855 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Putnam v. Goodall 31 N.H. 419 1855 1 New Hampshire
Woolfolk v. Beatly 18 Ga. 520 1855 0 injunction Supreme Court of Georgia
Jenkins v. McConico 26 Ala. 213 1855 0 Trover Alabama
Nixon v. Rose 53 Va. 425 1855 0 Action to recover a slave SC of Appeals VA
Freeman v. Scurlock 27 Ala. 407 1855 0 Trover Alabama
Lightfoot v. Lightfoot's Executor 27 Ala. 351 1855 0 Trust & estate Alabama
Young v. Shumate 35 Tenn. 369 1855 0 Tennessee
Jason v. Henderson 7 Md. 430 1855 0 0 Maryland
Alabama & Tennessee Rivers Railroad v. Burke 27 Ala. 535 1855 0 Damages for Loss of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Pearson v. Johnson 34 Tenn. 580 1855 0 Tennessee
Jordan's Adm'r v. Hubbard 26 Ala. 433 1855 1 Alabama
Knight v.Hardeman 17 Ga. 253 1855 0 Freedom suit Supreme Court of Georgia
Gunn v. Howell 27 Ala. 663 1855 1 Alabama
Floyd v. Morrow 26 Ala. 353 1855 0 Mortgage dispute Alabama
Stewart v. Bradford 26 Ala. 410 1855 0 Alleged Fradulent Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
William & Mary College v. Powell 53 Va. 372 1855 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA