Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Harris v. McLaran 30 Miss. 533 1855 0 Mississippi
Murphy v. Merritt 48 N.C. 37 1855 0 North Carolina
Edelin v. Sanders 8 Md. 118 1855 0 Maryland
Young v. Shumate 35 Tenn. 369 1855 0 Tennessee
Lightfoot v. Lightfoot's Executor 27 Ala. 351 1855 0 Alabama
Wittick v. Traun 27 Ala. 562 1855 0 Alabama
Payne v. Raudon 10 La. Ann. 349 1855 0 Louisiana
Zuntz v. Cornen 10 La. Ann. 433 1855 0 Louisiana
Gibson v. Land 27 Ala. 117 1855 0 Alabama
Vaccari v. Maxwell 28 F. Cas. 862 1855 1 United States
Green v. Crain 53 Va. 252 1855 1 Virginia
Beane v. Yerby 53 Va. 239 1855 1 Virginia
Wood v. Humphreys 53 Va. 333 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
Tongue v. Crissy 7 Md. 453 1855 0 Maryland
Connor's Widow v. Administrators of Connor 10 La. Ann. 440 1855 0 Louisiana
Kennedy v. Mason 10 La. Ann. 519 1855 0 Louisiana
Pearson v. Johnson 34 Tenn. 580 1855 0 Tennessee
United States ex rel. Wheeler v. Williamson 28 F. Cas. 682 1855 0 Civil District Court, E.D. PA.
Kitchen v. Crawford 13 Tex. 516 1855 0 Texas
Ellis v. Fisher 3 Sneed 231 1855 0 Tennessee