Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Adams v. Adams 26 Ala. 272 1855 0 Property dispute Alabama
Turney's Adm'r v. Morrow 26 Ala. 339 1855 0 Creditor dispute Alabama
Friend v. Oliver 27 Ala. 532 1855 0 Action for recovery of property Alabama
Frank v. State 27 Ala. 37 1855 0 Indictment against Enslaved Personsfor Murder of Another Enslaved Person Alabama
Matthis v. Matthis 48 N.C. 132 1855 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Johnson v. Boyles 26 Ala. 576 1855 0 Trover Alabama
Smith v. Smith 2 Sneed 473 1855 0 Tennessee
Hughes v. Boyd 2 Sneed 512 1855 0 Tennessee
Delap v. Delap 55 N.C. 290 1855 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Wootton v. Redd's Ex'or 53 Va. 196 1855 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Wittick v. Traun 27 Ala. 562 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Carnes v. Apperson & Co. 2 Sneed 562 1855 0 Tennessee
Mardree v. Sutton 47 N.C. 146 1855 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Nixon v. Lindsay 55 N.C. 230 1855 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Cason v. Robson 29 Miss. 97 1855 0 Conveyance of slaves Mississippi
Reeves v. Edwards 47 N.C. 457 1855 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Deans v. McLendon 30 Miss. 343 1855 0 Illegal sale of enslaved men Mississippi
Russ v. Wingate 30 Miss. 440 1855 0 Foreclosure of mortgage on slaves Mississippi
Cameron v. Cameron 29 Miss. 112 1855 0 Whether a husband is entitled to slaves of his wife after her death Mississippi
Abercrombie's Executor v. Abercrombie's Heirs 27 Ala. 489 1855 0 Dispute over Will Alabama