| Locke's Executor v. Palmer |
26 Ala. 312 |
1855 |
0 |
Dispute over Possession of Enslaved Persons |
Alabama |
| Couch v. Anderson |
26 Ala. 676 |
1855 |
0 |
Detinue |
Alabama |
| Garland v. Bowling |
10 F. Cas. 5 |
1855 |
0 |
Recovery for property |
United States |
| Murphy v. Barefield |
27 Ala. 634 |
1855 |
0 |
Contract Dispute over Mortgage of Enslaved Persons |
Alabama |
| Spivey v. State |
26 Ala. 90 |
1855 |
0 |
Indictment for Carrying Away an Enslaved Person |
Alabama |
| United States v. Smith |
27 F. Cas. 1138 |
1855 |
0 |
Indictment of slave trader |
Circuit Court, S.D. New York |
| Harrison & Robinson v. Johnston |
27 Ala. 445 |
1855 |
0 |
Action regarding note of sale |
Alabama |
| Clark v. Shelton |
16 Ark. 474 |
1855 |
0 |
Bill of sale dispute |
Arkansas |
| Montgomery's Executors v. Kirksey |
26 Ala. 172 |
1855 |
0 |
Right of Property |
Alabama |
| Berry v. Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church |
7 Md. 564 |
1855 |
0 |
|
Maryland |
| Thomas v. De Graffenreid |
27 Ala. 651 |
1855 |
0 |
Right of Property |
Alabama |
| Ex parte Robins |
15 Ark. 402 |
1855 |
0 |
Petitioner seeked right to bail out his enslaved person |
Arkansas |
| Harris v. Whitcomb |
70 Mass. 433 |
1855 |
0 |
Action for refusing to receive a vote |
Massachusetts |
| Walton v. Olive |
29 Miss. 270 |
1855 |
0 |
Distribution of slaves |
Mississippi |
| Macon & Western Rail Road v. Davis |
18 Ga. 679 |
1855 |
0 |
Action brought for death of slave on carriage |
Supreme Court of Georgia |
| Cotten v. Blocker |
6 Fla. 1 |
1855 |
0 |
Use of Slaves to Secure Bond Payments |
Supreme Court of FL |
| United States ex rel. Wheeler v. Williamson |
28 F. Cas. 686 |
1855 |
0 |
Will & trust |
District Court, E.D. PA. |
| Blackmore v. Blackmore |
35 Tenn. 365 |
1855 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
| Carter v. Cantrell |
16 Ark. 154 |
1855 |
0 |
Recovery of enslaved persons |
Arkansas |
| Nailing v. Nailing |
34 Tenn. 630 |
1855 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |