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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Harkness v. Sears 26 Ala. 493 1855 1 Alabama
Morton v. Bradley 27 Ala. 640 1855 0 Action for damages for killing a enslaved person Alabama
Willis v. Willis 18 Ga. 13 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Harris v. Bell 27 Ala. 520 1855 0 Trover Alabama
Ex parte Robins 15 Ark. 402 1855 0 Petitioner seeked right to bail out his enslaved person Arkansas
Snelling v. Darrell 17 Ga. 141 1855 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Hewson v. Creswell 10 La. Ann. 232 1855 0 Sales, redhibition, properly named defendants Louisiana
Robertson v. Wallis 10 La. Ann. 214 1855 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
Graves v. Graves 10 La. Ann. 212 1855 0 Wills, successions, donations Louisiana
Gentile v. Plasencia 10 La. Ann. 203 1855 0 Wills, emancipation, nullity Louisiana
Shaw v. Reneau 10 La. Ann. 190 1855 0 Wills, marital property, estates, successions Louisiana
White v. Hill 10 La. Ann. 189 1855 0 Redhibition, sales Louisiana
Virginia v. Himel 10 La. Ann. 185 1855 0 Emancipation, privileges, mortgages, Louisiana
Hoggatt v. Morancy 10 La. Ann. 169 1855 0 Wills, heirs, estates, property Louisiana
State v. Porte's Securities 10 La. Ann. 148 1855 0 Criminal law, selling liquor to enslaved person, bail Louisiana
Larche v. Kent 10 La. Ann. 146 1855 0 Garnishments, property, marital property, successions, debts Louisiana
Bryan v. Wilson 27 Ala. 208 1855 1 Alabama
Lebeau v. Trudeau 10 La. Ann. 164 1855 0 Wills, emancipation, property Louisiana
Stoppenhagen v. Verdelet 10 La. Ann. 263 1855 0 Sales, redhibition Louisiana
Kemp v. Hutchinson 10 La. Ann. 494 1855 0 Redhibition, reconventional demand, sales Louisiana