Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Woodward 21 Mo. 265 1855 1 Missouri
Commonwealth v. Bugbee 70 Mass. 206 1855 1 Massachusetts
James v. Gibbs 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 277 1855 1 Virginia
Atkins v. State 16 Ark. 568 1855 1 Arkansas
Hamilton v. Rogers 8 Md. 301 1855 0 Maryland
Bell v. Cummings 35 Tenn. 275 1855 0 Tennessee
Tarr v. Ravenscroft 53 Va. 642 1855 1 Virginia
McClintock v. Bryden 5 Cal. 97 1855 1 California
Green v. State 28 Miss. 687 1855 1 Mississippi
Hunt v. Bennett 4 E.D. Smith 647 1855 1 New York
Adams v. Gilliam 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 161 1855 1 Virginia
Stober v. McCarter 4 Ohio St. 514 1855 1 Ohio
Wallace v. Fletcher 30 N.H. 434 1855 1 New Hampshire
Western v. Pollard 55 Ky. 315 1855 0 Kentucky
Harris v. Tyson 24 Pa. 347 1855 1 Pennsylvania
Chambers v. State 26 Ala. 59 1855 0 Alabama
Hewitt's Adm'r v. Adams 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 34 1855 1 Virginia
Osborne v. Taylor's Adm'r 53 Va. 117 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
Story v. Norwich & Worcester Railroad 24 Conn. 94 1855 1 Connecticut
Perkins v. Clements 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 141 1855 1 Virginia