Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cormier v. Ryan 10 La. Ann. 688 1855 0 Marital property, sales Louisiana
Hamlet v. Johnson 26 Ala. 557 1855 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Anderson v. Stewart 15 Tex. 285 1855 0 Estate dispute Texas
Duffell v. Noble 14 Tex. 640 1855 0 Dispute RE infant slave Texas
Bennett v. Fail 26 Ala. 605 1855 0 Assumpsit on a Promissory Note for Three Enslaved Persons Alabama
James v. Drake 35 Tenn. 340 1855 0 Tennessee
Taylor v. Cullins 53 Va. 394 1855 0 Injunction to restrain the sale of a slave SC of Appeals VA
Dearing v. Moore 26 Ala. 586 1855 0 Recovery for Assault and Battery on an Enslaved Person Alabama
Hinson v. Hinson 10 La. Ann. 580 1855 0 Petitory action, wills, creditors rights, promissory notes Louisiana
Collier v. Lyons 18 Ga. 648 1855 0 Recovery for value of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Mobley v. Barnes 26 Ala. 718 1855 0 Trover Alabama
Buie v. Doyal 10 La. Ann. 575 1855 0 Petitory action, sales, fraud, error, prescription Louisiana
Ratcliff v. Polly 53 Va. 528 1855 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Booth v. Terrell 18 Ga. 570 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Murphy v. Executor of Cook 10 La. Ann. 572 1855 0 Sales, wils, estates, property Louisiana
Thomas v. De Graffenreid 27 Ala. 651 1855 0 Right of Property Alabama
Moran v. Davis 18 Ga. 722 1855 0 Recover of value lost after slave drowned Supreme Court of Georgia
Wood v. Humphreys 53 Va. 333 1855 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Knight v.Hardeman 17 Ga. 253 1855 0 Freedom suit Supreme Court of Georgia
Edwards v. Smith 10 La. Ann. 536 1855 0 Curatorship, promissory notesconsideration, sales, redhibition Louisiana