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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Madre v. Saunders 48 N.C. 1 1855 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Porter v. Ross 55 N.C. 196 1855 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State v. Williams 47 N.C. 194 1855 0 Indictment for larceny and trading w/ slaves North Carolina
Shiver v. Brock 55 N.C. 137 1855 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Shelfer v. Gooding 47 N.C. 175 1855 0 Action of slander North Carolina
Burns v. Hill 19 Ga. 22 1855 0 Fraud case Supreme Court of Georgia
Ela v. Smith 71 Mass. 121 1855 0 Action of tort for illegally seizing alleged slave Massachusetts
Harvey v. Epes 53 Va. 153 1855 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
William v. State 18 Ga. 356 1855 0 Slave indictment for killing another slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Locke's Executor v. Palmer 26 Ala. 312 1855 0 Dispute over Possession of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Freeman v. Scurlock 27 Ala. 407 1855 0 Trover Alabama
Harrell v. Green 18 Ga. 711 1855 0 Trover Action Supreme Cour
Hart v. Powell 18 Ga. 635 1855 0 Recovery for damages cause to a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Rozier v. Holliday 8 Md. 381 1855 0 0 Maryland
Anderson v. Stewart 15 Tex. 285 1855 0 Estate dispute Texas
Taylor v. Cullins 53 Va. 394 1855 0 Injunction to restrain the sale of a slave SC of Appeals VA
Duffell v. Noble 14 Tex. 640 1855 0 Dispute RE infant slave Texas
Wyatt's Adm'r v. Steele 26 Ala. 639 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Miller v. Jones' Administrator 26 Ala. 247 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Woolfolk v. Beatly 18 Ga. 520 1855 0 injunction Supreme Court of Georgia