Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Harkness v. Sears 26 Ala. 493 1855 1 Alabama
Montgomery's Executors v. Kirksey 26 Ala. 172 1855 0 Right of Property Alabama
Harris v. Whitcomb 70 Mass. 433 1855 0 Action for refusing to receive a vote Massachusetts
Jordan's Adm'r v. Hubbard 26 Ala. 433 1855 1 Alabama
Harden v. Mangham 18 Ga. 563 1855 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Firemen's Insurance v. Cochran & Co. 27 Ala. 228 1855 1 Alabama
Couch v. Anderson 26 Ala. 676 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Tyus v. De Jarnette 26 Ala. 280 1855 1 Alabama
Macon & Western Rail Road v. Davis 18 Ga. 679 1855 0 Action brought for death of slave on carriage Supreme Court of Georgia
Doe on dem. McLeod v. McCall 48 N.C. 87 1855 1 North Carolina
Harris v. Bell 27 Ala. 520 1855 0 Trover Alabama
Morton v. Bradley 27 Ala. 640 1855 0 Action for damages for killing a enslaved person Alabama
Dubuisson v. Folkes 30 Miss. 432 1855 1 Mississippi
Hannahan v. Nichols 17 Ga. 77 1855 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Willis v. Willis 18 Ga. 13 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Ex parte Robins 15 Ark. 402 1855 0 Petitioner seeked right to bail out his enslaved person Arkansas
United States v. Smith 27 F. Cas. 1138 1855 0 Indictment of slave trader Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Hoffman, Burneston & Co. v. Mackall 5 Ohio St. 124 1855 1 Ohio
Nailing v. Nailing 34 Tenn. 630 1855 0 Tennessee
Severance v. Hilton 32 N.H. 289 1855 1 New Hampshire